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  • Plato's Analogy Of The Cave Attempts
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    Discuss Plato's Parable of the Cave. Plato's parable of the cave, also known as the "allegory of the cave, opulently describes beneficial metaphors and elaborate imagery about knowledge, ignorance, truth and lastly enlightenment. The allegory of the cave appears at the beginning of Book VII of Plato's The Republic, which in itself is principally a study of justice, government and leadership. In The Republic, Plato describes a cave containing individuals confined to the cave floor, bound by shack...
  • Three Areas In Modern American Life
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    In the Allegory of the Den written by Plato. In his writing he explains human beings live in an underground den, here they have been from their childhood, and have their legs and necks chained so that they cannot move. Being prevented by the chains from turning round their heads. The three areas in modern American life that relate to Platos cave are school, community, and home or personal issues. One of the areas of modern American life that relates to Platos den is school. In grades 1-6 (elemen...
  • Prisoners Arrival Back To The Cave
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    Imagine living through life completely bound and facing a reality that doesn't even exist. The prisoners in Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" are blind from true reality as well as the people in the movie "The Matrix" written and directed by the Wachowski brothers. They are given false images and they accept what their senses are telling them, and they believe what they are experiencing is all that really exists. Plato the ancient Greek philosopher wrote "The Allegory of the Cave", to explain the p...
  • Prisoners Of The Cave And The Matrix
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    Plato's Allegory Of The Cave A Springboard For The Matrix Author: Dew Property of Dew's Matrix Fan Page (web) IMPORTANT: For those of who are writing Matrix papers for school and wish to use my site as a source remember that all the articles on this site are copyrighted. This means that you MUST list Dew's Matrix Fan Page (web or web) as a source and site all references or quotes according to your teacher's requirements. Keep in mind that while I have tried to ensure the accuracy of this site's ...
  • Escaped Prisoner In Theallegory Of The Cave
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    A report I had to do on Plato's Allegory of the Cave. Plato was born 427 B.C. and died 347 B.C. He was a pupil under Socrates. During his studies, Plato wrote the Dialogues, which are a collection of Socrates' teachings. One of the parables included in the Dialogues is 'TheAllegory of the Cave'. 'The Allegory... ' symbolizes man's struggle to reach understanding and enlightenment. First of all, Plato believed that one can only learn through dialectic reasoning and open-mindedness. Humans had to ...
  • Social Workers Live In A Cave
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    ! SSThe Allegory of the Cave!" in Different Perspectives! SSThe Allegory of the Cave, !" written by Plato, is an interpretation of a conversation between Socrates, Plato's mentor, and Glaucon, one of Socrates students.! SSThe Allegory of the Cave!" can be interpreted several different ways. Imagine men in a cave chained up by their necks and legs, forcing them to only look forward at a wall. An opening behind them lets the light in. Above the burning fire and chains, there is a road. Have these ...
  • Prisoner In The Cave
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    Movie critics and philosophers alike agree that the movie "The Matrix" is indeed based upon certain Platonic themes from Book VII of The Republic. In this story entitled 'The Allegory of the Cave,' he describes a dark underground cave where a group of people are sitting in one long row with their backs to the cave's entrance. Chained to their chairs from an early age, all the humans can see is the distant cave wall in from of them. The shadows of statues held by unseen 'puppet handlers' reflect ...
  • Allegory Of The Cave From Plato's Republic
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    Plato believed that most of us have a skewed view of the world. Plato, the most creative and influential of Socrates' disciples, wrote dialogues, in which he frequently used the figure of Socrates to espouse his own (Plato's) full-fledged philosophy. In 'The Republic,' Plato sums up his views in an image of ignorant humanity, trapped in the depths and not even aware of its own limited perspective. The rare individual escapes the limitations of that cave and, through a long, tortuous intellectual...
  • Plato's Philosophy In The Republic
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    Analysis of Plato's The Simile of The Cave Many literary works of the past have been very accurate to our view of society today. None of these works, however describes our view of today's society as closely as Plato's "Simile of the Cave". In this work, Plato describes how he believes humans of his time behaved using a simple analogy of men in a cave. Through this analogy, Plato is able to fully show his beliefs and concept of life itself. Although very old, this literary work can still be used ...

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