Message from plato: Expanding our nursing horizons
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2015
Abstract
Recognizing human enlightenment is a common theme from the ancient discipline of philosophy. The budding philosophy of nursing continues to find meaning and value in advanced education. This article offers a lesson from the philosopher Plato about not knowing what we don't know. Plato's allegory of the cave offers a unique insight for nurses hesitant to return to school for advanced degrees. Those who believe that the endeavor offers little in return may find enlightenment in this two-thousand-year-old allegory. Plato's cave both encourages the reader to consider the unseen benefits of an educational journey and provides hope about the value of the unknown.
Publication Title
Creative Nursing
First Page Number
119
Last Page Number
122
DOI
10.1891/1078-4535.21.2.119
Recommended Citation
Snow, Brenda L. and Fitzsimons, Virginia, "Message from plato: Expanding our nursing horizons" (2015). Kean Publications. 1901.
https://digitalcommons.kean.edu/keanpublications/1901