Professor Neilson Philosophy & Ethics 14 October 2010 The Allegory of the Cave and The Matrix Book VII of The Republic begins with Socrates’ “Allegory of the Cave.” The purpose of this allegory is to “make an image of our nature in its education and want of education” in other words‚ it illustrates Socrates’ model of education. In addition‚ the allegory corresponds perfectly to the analogy of the divided line. However‚ this Cave Analogy is also an applicable theme in modern times‚ for example
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Discussion Question 5 In platos republic‚ book VI‚ platos tells the story of Allegory of the cave. This story tells of what plato believes true education is. First plato tells what education is not. “Education isn’t what some people declare it to be‚ namly‚ putting knowledge into souls that lack it‚ like putting sight into blind eyes”(518b) then plato describes what he thinks education is. “Then education is the craft concerned with doing this very thing‚ this turning around‚ and with how the soul
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put into words” (p. 28). In this reflection paper‚ I will compare and contrast Plato’s “The Allegory of the Cave” with the motion picture‚ The Matrix. I will demonstrate some understanding of the principal areas of Philosophy covered
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Plato’s classic The Allegory of the Cave and seminal science-fiction film The Matrix at first glance seem to have nothing in common. The first is written and set in the ancient times‚ revolving around Socrates telling his follower Glaucon about chained prisoners in a primitive cave watching shadow puppets lighted by a fire burning at the cave’s opening. The latter is a futuristic story set in a world controlled by artificial-intelligent computers that created the Matrix‚ a virtual world programmed
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“Allegory of the Cave” Analysis The Allegory of the cave is an allegory written by Plato with the purpose to represent the way a philosopher gains knowledge. This allegory is a fictional dialogue between Socrates and Glaucon‚ where Socrates compares the issues appearance vs. reality‚ education vs. ignorance. There are two types of knowledge represented in this allegory‚ the one that is told and expected to be believed and accepted; and the one that is learned by a person’s own experiences
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‘The Analogy of the Cave tells us nothing about reality’ Discuss. (10) Initially‚ I would say that Plato’s Allegory of the Cave doesn’t tell us anything about reality‚ and by doing so I would have to agree with the statement. My reasoning for this is straightforward and simple‚ Plato implies that the senses are completely useless‚ and by doing so he also implies that empiricist ways are also useless for they rely solely upon the senses. This shows to us that the Plato’s allegory cannot tell us anything
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Michelle Tran Mrs. Black-Knyazik Theory of Knowledge/Period 7 15 October 2014 The Truman Show Concepts of perception‚ the nature of reality‚ and the allegory of the cave can be seen throughout the 1998 film‚ The Truman Show. In the beginning of the movie‚ Truman is seen literally with a rain cloudy only above him. But since his line of vision only saw what was in front of him‚ his perception of the weather was limited by what he could see. Meryl‚ his wife on the show‚ was constantly advertising
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conclusions about the Allegory of the Cave. However‚ the movie can also be loosely related to Plato’s noumenal and phenomenal realms in the sense that it is hard to tell the difference between the intelligible and sensible realms. Plato’s beliefs are interpreted and modernized in the movie‚ which demonstrate the four truths that Plato realizes in his Allegory of the Cave conclusions. Pleasantville helps the audience understand the conclusions Plato draws from the Allegory of the Cave. Plato’s first
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TOK Essay The Allegory of the Cave and The Matrix 03 December 2010 Many people think that what we know is not really what is real. This idea is shown through the story of The Allegory of the Cave and the movie‚ The Matrix. Both the movie and the story are similar (it is said that The Matrix is based on The Allegory) and the main plots of the two can be compared. In The Allegory of the Cave‚ the people are chained up by their legs and necks in a cave from an early age‚ facing a wall. From
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The allegory of the cave describes a group of people who have lived chained to the wall of a cave all of their lives‚ facing a blank wall. The people watch shadows projected on the wall by things passing in front of a fire behind them by puppeteers‚ and begin to ascribe forms to these shadows. According to Socrates‚ the shadows are as close as the prisoners get to viewing reality. He then explains how the philosopher is like a prisoner who is freed from the cave and comes to understand that the shadows
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