Thinking Outside the Box

Both Plato and Sartre describe through their writing the limitations we have in our thinking/knowledge. Plato uses  the "Allegory of the Cave" and depicts people shackled in a cave. The cave representing "peoples material world" and that many believe what they see is all that exists. The shackles represent the closed mindedness of people, thus giving examples of the limitations to the cave dwellers knowledge (people in general). Things like the  sun and fire represent the knowledge that people wish to seek. In Sartre's No Exit, Sartre shows that the limitations to knowledge is through isolation. Sartre describes the "Hell" (room they are trapped in) as very miserable psychologically and mentally. Sartre shows that the four characters are trapped in the room thus being isolated from the world. Isolation through not knowing is a limitation of knowledge because people who do not seek knowledge from others and isolate themselves do not truly get the knowledge they seek. If one is not isolated then one is more knowledgeable.