I think the main ideas from this section of the theology course focus on those who know the truth and follow it. Illustrated by the such stories as the allegory in the cave and Icarius, these stories portray the neccasity of finding truth in your life, and to be a boat with a rudder.
a) "The unexamined life is not worth living"- The qoute, by Socartes during the trials for his life, establishes the importance of reveiwing you consciousness. This saying shows its reader the signifigance of learning from the past and finding the goodness and the evils in your life wherever they may be coming from. The idea that such revision can cause an inner change in each human that will lead them closer to truth.
b) Platos Allegory of the Cave- The story of the Allegory in the Cave is a story about a group of men who are bound in a cave where only a fire is providing them with the shadows that they see. One certain individual is brought up to see the actual light of day and is confused about his former reality. In the end he is brought back down and tries to proclaim the truth about that cave and the shadows in it, but is killed for his beliefs. This shows how human beings, in general, live in a world of socital shadows that keep them from seeing the light of the true goals in life. And when one individual sees the true light, like a Socartes, he will be killed for his seperation from the pact.
c) The Five Foundamental Lessons- The Five foundamental lessons include ideas that we are constently making decsiouns, we are uncontrolably bias, we are making value judements that affect our emotional being, if we change a belief we will change ourselves, and finally our most important decsions must be faith decsions. They help to show us as humans the aspects of our being that are uncontrolable, but they help to lead us in a positive manner of faith in our lives. They bring us to see our faults and how to work around them to seek truth.
Am I living a life of examenation, and am I seeing the light that's around me and not beliveing in the shadows?
I think my greatest resource to becoming a better person lies in my denial of material goods and the supposed values that society is preforming. And therefore in doing so, my quest for light or truth will not beomce as clouded.