Greek philosopher‚ born sometime around 428 B.C and died around 347 B.C. Among his many writings in the Republic‚ Plato spoke about government‚ education‚ justice‚ virtues‚ what qualities make people who they are. This paper will focus on Plato’s Allegory of the Cave as it relates to intellectual freedom in contemporary education‚ specifically the limits put on individuals that may hamper their learning or allow them intellectual freedom‚ what those limited in what they are exposed to and how they
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A Personal Explanation and Analysis of Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” “Whereas‚ our argument shows that the power and capacity of learning exist in the soul already;” (Plato 4). Spoken by Socrates in reference to the philosophy of life‚ this quote depicts the meaning of broadening our horizons in order to gain knowledge and escape the shackles that confine us in the form of deceit. This quote is portrayed in Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” as the prisoners detained in the cave are deluded by their
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Plato’s Allegory of the Cave is Plato talking to Socrates and Glaucon about the idea of human being. Plato‚ being a philosopher‚ wondered about a lot of things. He‚ of course‚ had meant to put meanings behind the dialogues that he writes down‚ Allegory of the Cave being one. The central idea of it is that he believes humans are creatures that only wander around in places that they know‚ and whenever they leave the cave‚ they see a whole new world. Throughout the entire text‚ he develops the idea
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created belief. This is the idea that the movie Matrix‚ with its main character Neo‚ and Plato’s Allegory of the Cave‚ with the slaves‚ try to present as they question our perception of reality. In both publications‚ human beings live their lives experiencing what for them is reality until some of them are able to see reality and realize that all their lives were based on illusions. The Matrix and Plato’s Allegory of the Cave are very similar for both involve men who live unreal lives that are controlled
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Animal Farm is a allegory‚ which is a plot in which concrete and particular characters and conditions set for other characters and conditions so as to fabricate a point about them. “The animal residents of Manor Farm stimulated on by the dream of the pig‚ Old Major‚ determine they will alternate their “laborious‚ miserable‚ and short” lives. They overthrow Mr. Jones‚ their master‚ and take over the management of the farm. Rather than living under the heel of their human master‚ the animals of Manor
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Allegory describe in terms of characters‚ figures‚ and event‚ but the objective is to teach some kind of moral lesson. It’s a figurative treatment of a subject in disguise of another. The Hunger Games: This trilogy of Young Adult books is an allegory for our obsession with reality television and how it numbs us to reality. Double entry journal 1."There was a blink of bright
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Frank Diez 9/25/08 Humanities Prep Jeannie The Allegory of the Cave The Allegory of the Cave is a story that was written down by Plato‚ and told by Socrates many‚ many years ago. It tells of a cave containing prisoners who have been there since they were very young. Behind them is a fire that is burning‚ and between the fire and the prisoners is a road with a curtain-wall. Behind this curtain-wall are figures of wood and stone‚ including animals and men. Socrates asks if they had
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In Animal Farm by George Orwell‚ there are many examples of allegories. An allegory is a story that can be interpreted into having a different meaning. For instance‚ the novel starts off in a farm milieu with an erudite boar named Old Major who was very renown in the farm. He then begins to give a speech denouncing how the farm is run and saying that all the farm animals need to rebel against their owner‚ Mr. Jones‚ because the farm is becoming increasingly barren and incommodious and they would
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In my allegory I talk about a huge problem that is common in schools today‚ bullying. Over 3.2 million students are victims of bullying each year and approximately 160‚000 students skip school each day due to the fact of bullying. I chose the topic of bullying because I was personally bullied in fifth grade. It is a topic that most school principals try and push to the side and just tell everyone to get along‚ rather than solving the situation. I based my allegory off fish who symbolize students
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In Plato’s The Allegory of the Cave‚ a dialogue between two men‚ Socrates and Glaucon‚ reveals that our senses are not completely reliable. Socrates tells the story of a prisoner who has been chained for his whole life‚ able to see only shadows cast on a wall. The prisoner believed that the shadows were reality‚ but when he is released and dragged out of the cave‚ he finds a more important‚ more authentic reality. Socrates arrives to the conclusion that our senses are limited‚ just like the prisoner’s
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