"At 515c-516b (p. 748), Socrates gives a classic account of the student’s experience of education as being ‘dragged’ out of the cave toward the light. It is presented as a painful, confusing experience – full of distress, annoyance, and doubt about the reality or of the new vision being acquired. Transformative learning of this kind is a familiar part of the hero’s journey in various spiritual traditions. But how representative is it as an account of learning? Is there place for this kind of learning (and corresponding teaching practice) in our own age? Why or why not?"