Religion og Etikk, 32: Platons hulelignelse

32: Platons hulelignelse Plato's|allegory of the cave 32: Plato's Allegory of the Cave

Hvordan ville du reagert hvis noen forsøkte å fortelle deg - how|would|you|reacted|if|someone|tried|to|tell|you How would you react if someone tried to tell you -

- at alt du tror du vet, - that|everything|you|believe|you|know - that everything you think you know, -

- i virkeligheten ikke stemmer? in|reality|not|is true - is actually not true?

Prøv å forestille deg en gruppe mennesker som hele livet har vært lenket fast til en mur, - try|to|imagine|yourself|a|group|people|that|whole|life|have|been|chained|fast|to|a|wall Try to imagine a group of people who have been chained to a wall their entire lives, -

- dypt nede i en hule. deep|down|in|a|cave - deep inside a cave.

Alt de kan se, er skygger og skyggebilder på huleveggen framfor seg. everything|they|can|see|are|shadows|and|shadow images|on|cave wall|in front of|themselves All they can see are shadows and shadow images on the cave wall in front of them.

Ville ikke de tro at skyggene var det eneste som virkelig eksisterer? would|not|they|believe|that|shadows|were|the|only|that|really|exists Wouldn't they believe that the shadows were the only things that truly exist?

Og hvis de hører ekkoet av stemmer og lyder, - and|if|they|hear|the echo|of|voices|and|sounds And if they hear the echo of voices and sounds, -

- ville de ikke tro at det var skyggebildene på veggen som laget lydene? would|they|not|believe|that|it|was|the shadow images|on|the wall|that|made|the sounds - would they not believe that it was the shadow images on the wall that made the sounds?

Tenk videre at én av disse fangene ble løslatt. think|further|that|one|of|these|prisoners|was|released Imagine further that one of these prisoners was released.

Hvordan tror du han ville reagert - how|think|you|he|would|reacted How do you think he would react -

- hvis noen viste ham hva som lagde skyggebildene? if|someone|showed|him|what|that|made|the shadow images - if someone showed him what created the shadow images?

At de ble laget av mennesker som bar på ulike statuer og figurer foran et stort bål. that|they|were|made|by|people|who|carried|with|various|statues|and|figures|in front of|a|large|fire That they were made by people carrying various statues and figures in front of a large fire.

Ville han ikke tenkt at dette umulig kunne være sant? would|he|not|thought|that|this|impossible|could|be|true Would he not have thought that this could not possibly be true?

Ville han ikke blitt blendet av lyset fra bålet - would|he|not|become|blinded|by|the light|from|fire Would he not have been blinded by the light from the fire -

- og forsøkt å flykte tilbake til skyggebildene og det vante mørket innerst i hulen? and|tried|to|escape|back|to|shadow images|and|the|familiar|darkness|innermost|in|cave - and tried to escape back to the shadow images and the familiar darkness deep inside the cave?

Hva tror du ville skje - what|think|you|would|happen What do you think would happen -

- hvis noen i stedet tvang fangen videre oppover til åpningen av hulen? if|someone|in|instead|forced|the prisoner|further|up|to|opening|of|cave - if someone instead forced the prisoner further up to the opening of the cave?

Ville ikke sollyset brent ham i øynene der ute? would|not|sunlight|burned|him|in|eyes|there|outside Wouldn't the sunlight burn his eyes out there?

Tror du ikke det ville tatt tid - think|you|not|it|would|taken|time Don't you think it would take time -

- før han kunne se noe som helst i det skarpe sollyset utenfor? before|he|could|see|anything|as|in|in|the|bright|sunlight|outside - before he could see anything at all in the bright sunlight outside?

Men så, - but|then But then, -

- litt etter litt - little|after|little - little by little -

– når han var blitt vant til lyset – when|he|was|become|used|to|the light - when he had become accustomed to the light -

- ville han ikke etter hvert sett rundt seg på de virkelige trærne, - would|he|not|after|eventually|seen|around|himself|at|the|real|trees - he would eventually not have looked around at the real trees -

- de virkelige dyrene - the|real|animals - the real animals -

- og forstått at skyggebildene nede i hulen - and|understood|that|shadow images|down|in|the cave - and understood that the shadow images down in the cave -

- bare var upresise etterligninger av det han nå så foran seg? just|were|imprecise|imitations|of|that|he|now|saw|in front|himself - just imprecise imitations of what he now saw in front of him?

Ville han ikke også til slutt sett opp - would|he|not|also|to|end|seen|up Would he not also eventually look up -

- og forstått at det var solen som gav alt rundt ham liv - and|understood|that|it|was|sun|that|gave|everything|around|him|life - and understood that it was the sun that gave life to everything around him -

- og var årsaken til at alt rundt ham kunne eksistere? and|was|reason|for|that|everything|around|him|could|exist - and was the reason that everything around him could exist?

Helt til slutt – completely|until|end Finally -

- forsøk å tenke deg hva fangen nå ville gjort. try|to|think|yourself|what|the prisoner|now|would|done - try to imagine what the prisoner would do now.

Etter at han endelig hadde sett sannheten med sine egne øyne, - after|that|he|finally|had|seen|the truth|with|his|own|eyes After he had finally seen the truth with his own eyes, -

- ville han ikke syntes synd på sine tidligere medfanger nede i hulen - would|he|not|would have thought|pity|on|his|former|fellow prisoners|down|in|cave - he would not feel sorry for his former fellow prisoners down in the cave -

- og forsøkt å vende tilbake – for å fortelle dem om verden utenfor? and|tried|to|turn|back|to|to|tell|them|about|world|outside - and tried to return - to tell them about the world outside?

Men hvis han gjorde det, - but|if|he|did|that But if he did that, -

- hva ville da skje? what|would|then|happen - what would happen then?

Hvis han forsøkte å fortelle fangene sannheten, - if|he|tried|to|tell|the prisoners|the truth If he tried to tell the prisoners the truth, -

ville de ikke tro at han løy - would|they|not|believe|that|he|lied they would not believe that he was lying -

- og si at både øynene og forstanden hans hadde blitt ødelagt? and|say|that|both|eyes|and|mind|his|had|become|destroyed - and say that both his eyes and his mind had been destroyed?

Hvis han forsøkte å befri dem med makt, - if|he|tried|to|free|them|with|force If he tried to free them by force, -

- ville de ikke protestert og til slutt - would|they|not|protested|and|until|finally - would they not have protested and eventually -

- tatt livet av denne plageånden - taken|life|by|this|nuisance - taken the life of this nuisance -

- for å få litt fred? to|to|get|a little|peace - to get some peace?

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