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    cave painting

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    fall into one of two broad categories. Paintings and engravings found in caves along walls and ceilings are referred to as "parietal" art. The caves where paintings have been found are not likely to have served as shelter‚ but rather were visited for ceremonial purposes. The second category‚ "mobiliary" art‚ includes small portable sculpted objects which are typically found buried at habitation sites. In the painted caves of western Europe‚ namely in France and Spain‚ we witness the earliest unequivocal

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    Introduction The earliest traces of mining can be traced back to our prehistoric ancestors with the oldest mine on record being the Lion Cave mine in Swaziland‚ with radiocarbon dating it to be 43‚000 years old (Weisgerber‚ G.‚ & Pernicka‚ E. 1995). There is even speculation among scientist that the mining of Lion Cave could probably date back even further to 70-110‚000 years (Weisgerber‚ G.‚ & Pernicka‚ E. 1995). Mining is still one of the most prevalent industries throughout the world with there

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    Leaving the Cave

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    Leaving the Cave 1. According to the author‚ what do most people think happiness consists of? * Most people think that happiness is consisted of looking good‚ having a nice car‚ nice clothes‚ and a life based on the images and truth of popular magazines and television “reality” shows. According to the author says that people do not know the reality because the materialistic illusion makes people to be happy. 2. In Plato’s myth‚ what takes place in the cave that relates to the material

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    Examples Of Allegory

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    What is an allegory? An allegory is a story that has a lesson or moral in it that is not told plainly. An example of an allegory is the tortoise and the hare. The hare thought that since he was faster that he could win the race no matter what happened. So the hare goofed off and and sleep and when he woke up the tortoise was almost at the finish line. The hare tried to catch up but could not. So what the moral is to me from that story is that you do not have to be fast at everything to win the “Race”

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    the idol of the cave

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    The idol of the Cave In Francis Bacon‚ The Four Idols are described as the causes of the human error in the pursuit of knowledge. The four idols are‚ the idol of tribe‚ the idol of cave‚ the idol of the marketplace and the idol of the theater. The idol of the cave is defined as those which arise with in the mind of the individual. This idol is common to all human beings. Francis Bacon stated that “The lofty and discursive puts together the finest and most general resemblances” (2). Francis Bacon

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    Plato/Education

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    society‚ whether it be a totalitarian society‚ or a democratic society. In Plato’s Republic‚ Socrates and his interlocutors discuss how to educate children. Is it right to keep them censored‚ or should they be allowed to study all and every subject(s). The education of children is very important because they are the future of the society. They are the possible rulers‚ philosophers‚ guardians‚ and so on. So‚ it is important to shape them wisely. This concept is no different than what shapes our society

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    Cave Paintings.

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    paintings on cave walls found near Lascaux‚ France represent the earliest surviving examples of the artistic expression of early people. Using the natural rock contours that suggest the volume of the animals‚ these ’primitive’ people of the Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) painted evocative and startlingly accurate representations of the animals that were such an important part of their lives. Cows‚ bulls‚ horses‚ bison‚ and deer are among the animals seen on the subterranean walls of these caves. These paintings

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    Explain Plato’s teaching about reality in his analogy of the cave. In Plato’s analogy of the cave he suggests that the prisoners are held back by their senses telling them that the world that they see is in fact reality‚ whereas Plato disagrees with this. Plato believed that once the escapee (Philosopher) is outside of the cave‚ that they can use the power of reason to truly know what reality is. He believes that the world around us is not real‚ and that the world of the forms is the true reality

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    Chauvet Caves

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    it exactly as the artist envisioned it. ANCIENT ART Chauvet Caves Panel of Lions- Chauvet

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    HARRISON CAVES

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    meeting the Carlisle Bay coastline. MAJOR LANDFORMS -HARRISON CAVES‚ BARBADOS The caves are naturally formed by water erosion through the limestone rock. The calcium-rich water that runs through the caves have formed the unusual stalactites and stalagmites formations. Travel through the caves is by tram‚ at certain points during the tour visitors are allowed to alight from the tram and get close up to the formations. One main area of the caves is a huge cavern‚ termed "The Great Hall"‚ measuring 50 feet

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