In book 7‚ in Plato’s Republic‚ Plato illustrates a metaphor dealing with education and knowledge. This‚ metaphor is known as the Allegory of the Cave. In the cave there are men chained up facing the end of the cave. They can’t turn their heads either side and behind them are puppeteers statue like in front of the fire. Shadows are made by this and are pictured in front of the prisoners. They speak about the shadows as we do of our world. They call the shadows different names that we would call dogs
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Diagnostic Essay « Allegory of the Cave » Plato’s conception of the soul is that it is an open vessel. Each has the capacity and ability to learn and to receive knowledge but first the whole being must be open to new knowledge and to learning. However some people are very close minded and set on what is already in front of them and refuse to open their minds. In order for one to become enlightened they must want to learn and must work for their knowledge. Plato says‚ “Whereas‚ our argument
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Plato’s allegory of the cave began with a description of a dark scene which included a group of individuals who lived in that cave since birth and knew nothing of the outside world. These individuals were confined and restricted to the point where they could not turn to their sides or look to see what was behind them‚ but could only look forward. There was no natural light seeping in‚ the walls were damp and dark‚ and all these individuals could picture or see came from shadows that were thrown on
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This was related to a philosopher Socrates and his relationship to Athens. Here Plato talked about people who were born and raised in cave and knew nothing else but the shadows that were formed in front of them. Since that is all they knew to be true and knew nothing else of the world they had no experiences or prior knowledge in order to know what they saw
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PLS 325 Ancient Political Theory Sagynysh Yeltayeva 10/10/15 Reading response on “Republic” (Book 7) In Book 7‚ Socrates presents the famous metaphor – allegory of cave. The metaphor demonstrates the influence of education on a human soul. People see shadows of statues in the dark place and believe these figures to be real. This shows people’s lowest stage on the Socrates’ line – imagination. When a prisoner is unchained‚ blinded with the light of fire‚ within the time he sees that indeed shadows
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the knowledge of these humanitarians to understand the definition education‚ thereby directing you down the right path towards an enlightening college experience. The ancient Greek philosopher Plato describes education in his "Allegory of the Cave" as a process of spiritual enlightenment. According to Plato: If (one) is reluctantly dragged up a steep and rugged ascent‚ and held fast until (he/she) is forced into the presence of the sun (himself/herself)‚ is he not likely to be pained and
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will always be imprisoned either by ignorance or by education. Authors such as Plato‚ Fredric Douglass‚ and Sherry Turkle all have faced bouts of ignorance but have overcome them through the want and drive to learn. Throughout Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” there is an internal struggle with in the protagonist to escape from the only place he has known as home just to find out that is like out of the cave. Within the cave it is extremely censored on what the people/prisoners are able to see and the
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Explanation and Analysis of Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” “Whereas‚ our argument shows that the power and capacity of learning exist in the soul already;” (Plato 4). Spoken by Socrates in reference to the philosophy of life‚ this quote depicts the meaning of broadening our horizons in order to gain knowledge and escape the shackles that confine us in the form of deceit. This quote is portrayed in Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” as the prisoners detained in the cave are deluded by their perception of
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the excerpt‚ "[Best minds] must continue to ascend until they arrive at the good‚ but when they have ascended and seen enough...they must be able to descend again...‚"(Plato 5) symbolizes that it is the responsibility of those with great minds who make sense of the knowledge around them‚ to inform others who are stuck in the cave. Plato emphasizes that withholding this kind of information is denying each person human dignity‚ and disrespecting others their right to live as they
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Plato’s The Allegory of the Cave I am convinced that each one of these writings was wrote by the same person. The Matrix is completely about being in a world that is not real‚ kind of like being in a dream like state. Descartes’s meditation is about basically the same thing‚ but trying figure out what is real and what is not. Descartes’s talks about awaking from a dream and then going through the actions of waking up and then realizing that everything you just did was not even real. Plato implies
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