Both Uses of
perplex
in
Allegory of the Cave
- And you may further imagine that his instructor is pointing to the objects as they pass and requiring him to name them,—will he not be perplexed?†
*perplexed = confused or puzzled
- Any one who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise from two causes, either from coming out of the light or from going into the light, which is true of the mind's eye, quite as much as of the bodily eye; and he who remembers this when he sees any one whose vision is perplexed and weak, will not be too ready to laugh; he will first ask whether that soul of man has come out of the brighter life, and is unable to see because unaccustomed to the dark, or having turned from darkness to the day is dazzled by excess of light.†
Definition:
to confuse