about the feminist movement one can relate a person’s developing knowledge about the movement to Plato’s allegory of the cave. The comparison of the allegory of the cave to a person’s understanding about the feminist movement allows one to understand the varying opinions that people have about this movement. One of the many things that Plato is known for is his theory of forms.
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Explain the Allegory of the Cave The allegory of the Cave was made by Plato when he tried to explain human ignorance and how almost all humans don’t see our true reality. It refers to the Cave as what we perceive reality to be and how we are chained to a wall to only see this perceived reality. Plato tries to make us a see a world in which the prison was to be released from his chains. Where he would feel intense pain by the light outside and dazed but the new world he begins to see‚ where
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Allegory of The Cave Plato is the most creative and influential person among the disciples of the Socrates. He wrote dialogues in which he frequently used the figures of Socrates to expose personal philosophy. Plato summarized his views in the “Allegory of the Cave” article by illustrating an image of ignorant humankind‚ trapped up deep‚ and not even being aware of its own limited perspective. By this‚ he means that rare people manage to escape the confines of the cave and‚ through a long‚ difficult
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According to the Plato’s allegory of cave‚ prisoners cannot move and see shadows reflected on the cave wall. However‚ the shadow the prisoners look at is not their real shadow. Instead‚ the shadow is created by puppeteers using fire behind the prisoners. Because the prisoners cannot move and look back to what is going on‚ they could see only the shadow itself and would believe what they look at is only true. In this case‚ Plato points out about nature education that people are living without knowing
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In particular‚ Plato’s Allegory of the Cave can be interpreted to be talking about the educational system. In this allegory‚ three prisoners sit staring a wall‚ in which they see shadows from puppeteers in the background. One day‚ one* of the prisoners is freed and forced to go outside to the real world. At first everything
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Allegory of the Cave By Plato Socrates: --Behold! human beings living in a underground den‚ which has a mouth open towards the light and reaching all along the den; here they have been from their childhood‚ and have their legs and necks chained so that they cannot move‚ and can only see before them‚ being prevented by the chains from turning round their heads. Above and behind them a fire is blazing at a distance‚ and between the fire and the prisoners there is a raised way; and you will
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In Plato’s story‚ The allegory of the cave‚ the author identifies that there are many obsticals that can hold people back from reality. There are many examples in the story that show how people can hold themselves back from reality. They talk about how‚ the cave is their only reality‚ but when they open their perspective/eyes they see a whole different view. This is important to the story because the prisoners experience their own illusion of reality‚ but they haven’t seen what their real reality
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In the story of “The Allegory of the Cave”‚ written by Plato found in his book The Republic. To sum it up‚ “The Allegory of the Cave” is about prisoners who are locked in a cave and who are forced to watch the shadows of everything that is happening outside of the cave. Surprisingly one prisoner is freed and dragged out the cave against their will. Eyes are difficult to adjust to the very bright light outside the cave. Once they adjust he sees life is more than just dark shadows‚ there are colors
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Arlet Duran Response to “The Allegory of the Cave” What is truth? In “The Allegory of the Cave”‚ I believe truth is being portrayed as something we as humans see‚ maybe only once‚ without it even being the whole truth. Even then we neglect to see “other truths.” According to Socrates‚ and I quote‚ “From the beginning people like this have never managed‚ whether on their own or with the help by others‚ to see anything besides the shadows that are [continually] projected on the wall opposite
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