In Plato's "Allegory of the Cave," on a level above the prisoners, people are carrying puppets and small statues as they walk behind a wall; the fire behind them illuminates this activity and creates a shadow play on the wall in front of the prisoners. Whom (or what) do these people walking behind the wall represent in the allegory?
1) ordinary (real) people whose beliefs are grounded in sensory perception
2) philosophers who use theoretical concepts to understand and communicate truths about reality
3) cave-dwellers who have been from from their chains
4) actual prisoners in the real world
5) the gods carrying the Forms