that. There are many aspects of Plato’s understandings of philosophy and its relationships within a society and we will dig into a handful of them. Those few being Plato’s understanding of philosophy and its relationship with politics; The Allegory of the Cave and how it shines light on Plato’s concept of education. The next being the characteristics and abilities of a philosopher making them superior rulers; comparing of a Philosopher-King and Creon‚ and finally the likelihood of a successful Philosopher-King
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The Allegory of the cave is a short story about a prisoner who is locked in a cave with other prisoners. Every day they see shadows of objects or people passing by‚ but they never realized that the shadows and figures they see aren’t the real objects. One of the prisoners breaks free and sees the world for what it really is and finds out that the shadows weren’t real. He comes to this realization when he looks at his own reflection. When he goes to tell the other prisoners they don’t understand or
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another world: an eternal world of ideas. It is made up out of eternal unchanging forms of things. This world can be known through reason alone. The material world (world of things) is a manifestation of this eternal world of ideas. Using the allegory‚ Plato pictures the everyday situation of man. He can speak‚ hear‚ and encounter the world without actually being aware of the world of Ideas. True knowledge can only be gained from the world of ideas. The world of things merely generates opinions
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many who agreed with and valued the ideas of a democratic government and thought that it helped Athens thrive however‚ there were many individuals who disagreed with the ideas of democracy. Throughout Aristophanes’ Lysistrata and Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” and the Crito‚ many different ideas of free speech surfaced and soon these different texts became very important artifacts relating to free speech. Although Aristophanes and Plato both value free speech within a democratic society‚ they both
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Even though it may be a bad or evil decision‚ to them it is a good decision for them. He believed no person had intentions of evil or wrong doing and if they had knowledge of wrong doing‚ they would choose to do good instead. The Apology and Allegory of the Cave Readings‚ is much like the Good Brahmin’s (Voltaire) in that we are as wise‚ as we engage ourselves into. If we do not venture outside our comfort zone or space‚ we cannot learn about the world‚ cultures‚ different people and the wonders of
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The Allegory of the Cave and Fahrenheit 451 Comparison Montag – Chained Prisoner Montag is represented as a chained prisoner because he is part of the society. The society is represented as the other prisoners. The chained prisoners can only look one way and can’t move his body. This is reflected on Montag’s society by how they all think the same way. Clarisse – Freed Prisoner Clarisse is the one who is the rebel of the group of prisoners. She tries to go out and learn about the things. “I’m
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Similarities of "Young Goodman Brown" vs. "The Allegory of the Cave" Young Goodman Brown and The Allegory of the Cave have a lot of similarities in their stories. They ’re both talking about a person ’s struggle with good vs. evil. Also‚ they both refer to the darkness vs. the light. People deal with these type of struggles everyday. These two stories seem to be the epitome of that concept. In Young Goodman Brown‚ the story is revolving around a man who lives in Salem and seems to be struggling
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From the movie‚ The Matrix and “Plato’s Allegory of the Cave” both revolve around the same question‚ “what is real?” In The Matrix‚ the main character‚ Neo is trapped in a false world‚ which is created by a computer program. Machines that conquered the planet created the program‚ in which Neo lives in. In “Plato’s Allegory of the Caves”‚ the prisoners have been living in the cave since birth and have never seen sunlight. Throughout the essay‚ there are many similarities that these stories share.
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“The Truman Show” and Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” writings were astonishingly similar in theory. Even though these two writings were written almost 2500 years apart‚ there were many key concepts alike. In both writings there was an imprisonment of a man from childhood to adulthood. Both of these men had a series of events occur as they grew older‚ which allowed their eyes and mind to see and process the truth of the world and to forget their ignorance. “... I proceed to say‚ go in to compare
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Michael Ehrecke Plato’s “The Allegory of the Cave” As Means to Explain “The Apology” Authors sometimes use one work to explain or elaborate on the intricacies of another piece of theirs. Plato is one such example as he uses “The Allegory of the Cave” as means to better decipher “The Apology of Socrates.” Plato himself never appears in either dialogue‚ but it is clear that he disagrees with how Socrates’s trial ended and hopes to prevent another unneeded execution in the future. In “The Apology
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