Book Allegory Cave Plato Translated Benjamin Jowett Socrates Imagine Initial Response Pris Q34273968

In the book Allegory of the Cave, By: Plato, Translated byBenjamin Jowett.

What does Socrates imagine to be the initial response of aprisoner who is released from the cave and exposed to the light?What would be his response after he became accustomed to thelight?

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Ans: Socrates believes that the initial response of a prisonerreleased from the cave and exposed to light would be slow at firstas his eyes collect the beams of light from the sun and adapt tothe light after being in a cave filled with darkness for so long.After being outside for a period of time and experiencing