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    in his Allegory of the Cave?  What are the "shadows" of our times? -After the prisoners are released from the cave‚ why are they unable to see ID QUOD EST‚ namely‚ REALITY as it is?  -What does "the Sun" symbolize?  Why do you think that?  How so? Because I love Socrates I find everything Plato writes thoroughly interesting. The minute he opened this part of The Republic with “how far our nature is enlightened or unenlightened‚” I was interested. The part in the Allegory of the cave that stood

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    story “The Myth of the Cave” by Plato are limited in their similarities. Even though the similarities are few‚ what is similar provides a big punch because of the deeper meaning in these works. One major thing the stories have in common is that both stories are allegories. An allegory is a work that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning‚ typically being moral or religious based. The flock from Jonathan Livingston Seagull and the remaining prisoners from “The Myth of the Cave” have many similarities

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    The "Allegory of the cave " by Plato discusses a theory Plato has regarding perception. Plato believes that the people held in the cave a certain perspective on looking at the world. He also argues that perception is nothing more of an opinion and in order to test its certainty philosophy must be involved. Because opinions are not the actual truth‚ we must gain truth through philosophy. The cave represents how people gain knowledge through their senses. Plato uses the cave to illustrate that people

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    the validity of reason and avoid being misleaded or misguided by these illusions and misconceptions of the world. Bacon takes a more logical and scientific approach in philosophy using results and data to determine the truth behind “how we know what we know” and how not to be deceived by our mind’s own capability. On the other hand‚ Plato believes that with time one will be able to see the light if it chooses because everyone was born knowing but with a vague

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    1.) "The Allegory of the Cave" - We often hear of various movements that are set out to try to protect our freedoms. We spend most of lives trying to defend our rights and keep ourselves liberated. However‚ how truly free are we? "The Allegory of the Cave" a story of prisoners in a cave ‚ chained facing upward‚ by the legs and necks. They cannot move but their eyes are faced straight ahead at a wall. This wall is their world. They see the shadows of people‚ some carrying objects and others not

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    Reality‚ Truth‚ and Understanding The Allegory of the Cave by Plato questions truth‚ reality‚ and demonstrates how we are similar to the prisoners within the cave. Every person has a personal “cave” and only with knowledge and understanding can we escape from the captivity ignorance. The prisoners in the story were only allowed to see shadows in the cave and it’s what they believed as true. In the story Plato states that the prisoners came to know reality as nothing more as “the shadows of those

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    Plato‚ "The Allegory of the Cave" "And whereas the other so-called virtues of the soul seem to be akin to bodily qualities‚ for even when they are not originally innate they can be implanted later by habit and exercise‚ the of wisdom more than anything else contains a divine element which always remains‚ and by this conversion is rendered useful and profitable; or on the other hand‚ hurtful and useless. Did you never observe the narrow intelligence flashing from the keen eye of a clever rouge

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    In “The Allegory of the Cave”‚ Plato persuades the reader to escape their own inner imprisonment in the pursuit of knowledge by using symbolism‚ credibility‚ and emotional appeal. In this piece‚ everything has a deeper meaning. Plato compares life to a cave to illustrate one’s self imprisonment. In this cave‚ the people that are imprisoned represent those who have not‚ or will not‚ seek enlightenment. For this reason they remain stationary‚ unable to move forward or see any truth. By using this analogy

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    Plato Allegory Of Cave

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    my way of interpreting science has changed. Plato (428-348 B.C.) used the ‘Allegory of Cave’ illustrated the theory of ‘Ideas and Forms’ in Republica : there are world of forms and sensible world. “The senses are chains that tie us down; the route to knowledge is through philosophical reflection” (Lindberg 14). Truth is changeless‚ eternal (Lindberg 13). Inside the cave is considered as sensible world; outside the cave is consider as world of forms. What we see is visible realm “visible realm it

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    In “The allegory of the Cave” Plato argues that education is not a matter of making the blind to see but of turning the learner “in the right direction.” What he means by this is that education is not about feeding someone information and expecting them to take it as the truth. It is about encouraging them to seek out the truths in the world around them‚ and helping them acquire the tools to do so. This point is extremely relevant to education today‚ which is mostly about test scores‚ and textbooks

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