Plato‚ famous philosopher and student of Aristotle‚ once wrote of his skepticism of common sense in a piece he titled‚ “Allegory of the Cave.” In reference to people chained in a cave he writes‚ “how could they see anything but shadows if they were never allowed to move their heads?” As Plato highlights here‚ certain aspects of our reality will always allude us and thus our own perception of the world is based upon the shadows‚ or the biased perception of what we deem certain. One of these aspects
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Explain the Analogy of the Cave in Plato’s Republic. Plato uses the analogy of the cave to illustrate the varying degrees of human nature between enlightened and unenlightenment. The varying degrees in enlightenment refer to the varying degrees in which we understand reality. For Plato‚ the highest degree of knowledge‚ or enlightenment‚ is the perception of the “essential Form of Goodness” Plato splits the varying degrees between enlightenment and illustrate epistemology. The stage furthest
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allegorical epic was written by Dante Alighieri who was born in Florence‚ Italy in 1265‚ to a moderately wealthy family that had a history of involvement in the remarkably complex Florentine politics. Dante Alighieri included much of his personal life and his own views of the politics of the late thirteenth-century Florence as he was writing The Divine Comedy. As a result‚ The Divine Comedy is somewhat of an autobiographical work of Dante Alighieri’s own life. In the Inferno‚ Dante is lead through Hell by
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the famous metaphor of the cave. He said‚ suppose there is a cave‚ and inside the cave there are some men chained up to a wall‚ so that they can only see the back wall of the cave and nothing else. These men can’t see anything outside of the cave‚ or even see each other clearly‚ but they can see shadows of what is going on outside the cave. Wouldn’t these prisoners come to think that the shadows were real‚ and that was what things really looked
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without the Main character and therefore it follows that Edmond Dantes would be another character source of the portrayal of Wait and Hope. Like Mercedes‚ Dantes acts this way‚ because it is an inherent part of himself‚ demonstrated by multiple instances of him portraying wait and hope in his different personalities. For example‚ page 35‚ he declares to his fiance‚ "Good-bye my sweet Mercedes! We shall soon meet again!" In the scene‚ Dantes exclaims that quote as he is shuffled away by police from his
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Plato’s "Allegory of the Cave" - Analysis and Summary The "Allegory of the Cave" by Plato represents an extended metaphor that is to contrast the way in which we perceive and believe in what is reality. The thesis behind his allegory is the basic opinion that all we perceive are imperfect "reflections" of the ultimate Forms‚ which subsequently represent truth and reality. In his story‚ Plato establishes a cave in which prisoners are chained down and forced to look upon the front wall of the cave. In
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Allegories are‚ as many would say‚ “as old as time‚” and rightly so. Known to use symbols to portray veiled messages‚ allegories have been used in a plethora of stories‚ including Plato’s “The Allegory of the Cave‚” which is a short story written in Ancient Grecian times‚ and the Wachowski Brothers’ The Matrix‚ which is a movie produced in 1999. In “The Allegory of the Cave‚” three prisoners are chained in a cave. In that cave‚ there are moving shadows that the prisoners perceive as real. This goes
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In Dante Alighieri’s The Inferno (1314)‚ Dante is being toured through the layers of hell in hopes that he will see his future punishment and get his life back on the right path. The great Roman poet‚ Virgil‚ is sent to be his guide. Virgil is not only supportive but informational as he leads Dante through the layers of hell. Throughout the story‚ Virgil is repeatedly protecting Dante from hostile demons and monsters. Monstrous Charon‚ in cantos III is bringing the souls over the river to punishment
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Circle The Stygian Lake‚ with the Ireful Sinners Fighting William BlakeIn the swamp-like water of the river Styx‚ the wrathful fight each other on the surface‚ and the sullen or slothful lie gurgling beneath the water. Phlegyas reluctantly transports Dante and Virgil across the Styx in his skiff Sixth Circle Heretics are trapped in flaming tombs. Seventh Circle Lower Hell‚ inside the walls of Dis‚ in an illustration by Stradanus. There is a drop from the sixth circle to the three rings of the seventh
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distinction between truth and knowledge is effectively highlighted in Plato’s allegory of the cave‚ which illustrates the great limitations faced by philosophers in discovering the ultimate nature of reality. Nevertheless regarding the theory of knowledge‚ the parable itself is highly symbolic and asserts that any knowledge gained through perceptual awareness is an illusion and are mere reflections of the highest truths. This allegory can be interpreted in many ways; however in the context of platonic epistemology
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