The Human Nature

My Explanation of Plato"s "The Allegory Of The Cave"
"Our nature is enlightened or unenlightened - Behold!human beings living in an underground den,which has a mouth open towards the lights and reaching all along the den ,here they have been from there childhood ,and have their legs and necks chained so they can not move ,and they can only see before them ,being prevented by the chains from turning round their heads.Above and behind them a fire is blazing at a distance "