February 2013 Allegory of the Cave In his book‚ Republic‚ Plato tries to explain justice through different dialogues between Socrates and other people. He explains how to live a just life‚ what a just society should be‚ and how just leadership should be taken. One of the arguments he uses to explain justice involves four stages of philosophical education. He describes them through dialogue between Socrates and Glaucon at a dinner party. Socrates uses what is called the allegory of the cave to
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The Hobbit is that marvelous story that all fantasy books try to live up to. It’s that one book‚ that if your friends have no knowledge whatsoever of‚ you have a hard time believing them. And there is a reason why. J.R.R. Tolkien’s storytelling ability is astounding. The book begins in a “Hobbit’s” home. What is a Hobbit? Hobbits are small people‚ even smaller than Dwarfs. In their homeland‚ the Shire‚ they live fairly normal lives. But very rarely‚ one will go on an adventure. A great wizard‚ Gandalf
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According to Plato’s theory of the allegory of the cave concludes society cannot rely on empirical evidence as a basis source of true knowledge. For example‚ the prisoners‚ in the cave‚ use their sense to give a meaning of what an object can be understood as. However‚ when a prisoner escapes and get a taste of what is real other than his unexamined life‚ he then realize he senses have been fooling him. In addition‚ he see what the objects real look like other than how they appear as shadows.This
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‘The Hobbit’ Essay By Abhi Menon Essay Question: Write an essay in which you show how‚ through the use of evidence from the novel‚ a major character is used to bring across a theme and shape your response to it. By definition‚ a hero is a person of great strength‚ valor and swordsmanship who fights evil even in the face of insurmountable odds to defend the lives of the innocent‚ and those who cannot protect themselves. In J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic fantasy tale ‘The Hobbit’‚ highlights the heroic
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Hero’s appear in many shapes and sizes. All hero’s also come from different ethnicities. A hero has unique qualities‚ and illustrious ones. He/she is going to be the definition of a hero. Bilbo Baggins‚ a hobbit in gth book by J.R.R. Tolkien The Hobbit‚ is a quintessential example of a hero. There is more than just one definition of a hero. There is many different qualities for a person of these definitions. Bilbo Baggins meets all of the criterias. In this piece of literature‚ Bilbo Baggins is
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There are many important characters in The Hobbit that are vital to the story and influence the outcome of the book in various ways. Two important characters in the story are Gandalf the Grey‚ a wandering wizard‚ and Beorn‚ a skin changer who can turn into a bear or a man. Gandalf the Grey’s physical appearance is very unique compared to the dwarves and Bilbo. For one‚ he is about twice as tall as them. The rest of Gandalfs appearance is well summed up in this quotation‚”All that unsuspecting Bilbo
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What is the Allegory of the Cave and how does it relate to Aleatoric Music? To begin with‚ The philosopher Plato once wrote about the philosophy of dualism. In the Book VII of Plato’s Republic‚ Plato wrote an allegory of three prisoners are chained up in a cave their entire life unaware of reality. They’re backs are to the entrance of the cave and they can only see the shadows against the cave’s interior created by a fire. They can occasionally see the people and other things pass by and cast shadows
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For example‚ the Hobbit films that were released in the last few years. In 2012‚ when the first Hobbit was released‚ The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey‚ the hype was real. It might have been 9 years later‚ but with Peter Jackson returning to Middle Earth Fans were hoping for the best. Unfortunately‚ fan’s dreams were smashed
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“With a Shriek that deafened men‚ felled trees and split stone‚ Smaug shot spouting into the air‚ turned and crashed down on high ruin”(Tolkien 224).This is the last we hear of Smaug‚ before his death in The Hobbit. Smaug is the last major problem between the company and the treasure‚ and needs to be stopped in order for the treasure to go back to Thorin’s family. Bard a member of Laketown‚ takes the challenge trying to protect his town‚ and not caring or knowing what this could do for someone else
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The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is a story focused heavily on allegory and meaning. It tells the tale of Santiago‚ a shepherd‚ following the omens of the world to reach his own Personal Legend. A theme of The Alchemist is the whole word is working with people to achieve their Personal Legends. As a shepherd‚ sheep were and are a large part of Santiago’s life. They represent Santiago before his journey begins and are an important point of his progression. For example‚ “He owned a jacket‚ a book that
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