Plato’s Allegory of the Cave Plato’s Allegory of the Cave envisions the world as a dark cave‚ with human beings as trapped prisoners‚ and all of their experiences as nothing but shadows on a wall. Plato was an Ancient Greek philosopher who founded the Academy and is the author of philosophical works of unparalleled influence in Western thought. Plato is informing us of the world around us‚ and is guiding the reader in the journey from ignorance to wisdom. Plato’s Allegory of the Cave is meant
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In studying all of the symbolism included‚ it becomes apparent that the Allegory of the Cave is a representation of the philosopher’s place in society‚ and the other prisoners reaction to the escaped prisoner returning is representing the reaction people have of philosophers‚ and becoming aware of the truth philosophers hold. The Allegory of the Cave illustrates book 5 and 6 for us by showing the effect education has on the human soul‚ and how education helps
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Inception and the Allegory of the Cave The movie “Inception” is a great example of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. The idea that through a dream you can achieve a state of enlightenment directly relates to changing a way of thinking. The hero in the movie Cobb has demons to exercise from his former way of thinking In order to achieve his goal of “reality”. His sun or enlightenment is ridding himself of his wife Mal and showing himself the reality with Fisher. Mal represents the old way of thinking
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The exhibit entitled “Tanikala” was all about the allegory of the cave by Plato. It explains the nature of reality and represents our desire to seek for the “light” which is our deeper understanding of the truth and the betterment of ourselves. The chained men are considered to be the prisoners. They are being nurtured by lies and forced to live a life accepting false reality as truth. Furthermore‚ people inside the cave had no choice but to accept and consider what they see and experience is true
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not new and can be accurately shown in what he calls The Allegory of the Cave. The cave is a metaphorical situation whereby there are fictional prisoners in a fictional cave who only know the reality that is shown to them. According to Socrates‚ the prisoners are an example of people who do not live the life of philosopher and have never searched for universal truths. In other words‚ basically everybody. In order for them to escape the cave‚ Socrates says‚ the prisoners must live a life of a philosopher
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Plato’s Allegory of the Cave depicts a scene in which people are chained up in a cave‚ that forces them to face the back wall without the ability to turn their heads. There is a fire burning behind them that casts light onto the wall. Objects are held in front of the fire like a puppet show and all the people can see is the shadows of the objects. These humans have been chained in the cave since birth and the shadows that they see are what they believe to be reality. Some of the prisoners might comment
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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 are taught
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It is important to realize‚ when reading the allegory of the cave and of the line‚ that Plato means to depict not only four ways of thinking‚ but four ways of life. To use an example‚ imagine that a person in each of these stages were asked to say what courage is. The understanding of courage would differ widely from stage to stage. Working with a possible interpretation of the imagination stage‚ an individual’s notion of courage in this stage would appeal to images from culture. Such an individual
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In Michael Ramsey’s video depicting Plato’s Allegory of the Cave men are held captive in a cave since childhood. The only reality they knew was demonstrated before them as the shadows of civilians as they passed by them. All seemed normal in their world until one of the prisoners was set free and taken out of the cave. Once his eyes became adjusted‚ he was able to accept the new reality portrayed all around him. I had a similar experience when I transitioned from high school to college. In high school
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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 by other
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