Plato’s Allegory of The Cave

Study this illustration of Plato’s cave (click on the link below). What represents truth? What represents something we falsely believe to be true? In terms of the metaphor about the cave, what kind of action would represent education? What kind(s) of faulty thinking do you see at work in this cave? What leadership lesson(s) can you glean from this?

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~loxias/plato/caveframes.htm