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    “The Allegory of the Cave” The Allegory of the Cave can be broken down in many ways. It basically states that people are chained to the wall in a cave and they have nothing to look at but the shadows of one another. This is all that they know of that exists; no one has ever been outside the cave. We have to look real hard for the hidden messages or what the author is trying to allude to in this story. I think the main point of this story is the author trying to give us an example of how or the

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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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    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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    The Allegory of the Cave How does Plato’s allegory represents the activity of philosophy? 9/23/2010 HZT4Ua Diana MS. The Allegory of the Cave The Allegory of the Cave is a metaphor that can be seen to describe many aspects and situations in life that one had no control or choice over. The reason Plato uses many metaphors in his allegory is to think or ‘philosophize’ about the world around us because in fact our understanding of the world is very limited. This is due to the fact that

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    Introduction: An allegory is a kind of story in which writer intends a second meaning to be read beneath the surface story. One of the most important allegories ever to be gifted to humankind is Allegory of the Cave. Plato’s Allegory of the Cave is one of the most potent and pregnant of allegories that describe human condition in both its fallen and risen states. The Allegory of the Cave is Plato’s explanation of the education of the soul toward enlightenment. It is also known as the Analogy of the Cave‚ Plato’s

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    Plato’s Allegory Of The Cave A Springboard For The Matrix Author: Dew Property of Dew’s Matrix Fan Page (http://www.geocities.com/hollywood/theater/9175) IMPORTANT: For those of who are writing Matrix papers for school and wish to use my site as a source remember that all the articles on this site are copyrighted. This means that you MUST list Dew’s Matrix Fan Page (http://thereisnospoon.moviefever.com or http://www.geocities.com/hollywood/theater/9175) as a source and site all references

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    Prisoners in “The Allegory of the Cave” by Plato who are physically chained to the estate only being powerful to see what is in front of them. In the two readings‚ the authors search and take apart the problem that relations have in not face ready for their worst and not wanting to turn their living to the reform. In the history of “The Lesson” the students are taken out of their sense of comfort‚ just as the person who got to pilled out of there cave in “The Allegory of the Cave.” The students in

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    Plato’s “The allegory of the Cave” addresses so many different areas of philosophy including‚ epistemology‚ metaphysics‚ asceticism‚ ethics‚ etc. In his allegory it is important to seek what Plato is trying to accomplish through locating his rhetorical devices‚ his tone‚ his position and arguments‚ in order to develop meaning to his allegory. Plato’s philosophies include education‚ interaction‚ individuality‚ and human nature to make his statement of what the correct path to “enlightenment” should

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    Illustrating Plato’s ‘The Allegory of the Cave’ Camille Rodriguez Mr. Minifie HZT4UR-01 September 28‚ 2009 Bibliography Pacquette‚ Paul G. and Gini-Newman‚ Laura (2003) Philosophy: Questions and Theories. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ‚ p.4-63‚ 117‚ 440-441 One way to understand philosophy is to draw the meaning of Plato’s story “The Allegory of the Cave” (Philosophy: Q&T‚ p.8). Plato is a 360 BCE Greek philosopher who focused on metaphysics‚ ethics‚ knowledge‚ and

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    TITLE Of Assignment In Plato’s The Allegory of the Cave‚ the allegory narrates three prisoners in a cave who have never seen the outside world. Their arms‚ legs‚ and necks are tied to a rock so all they can see is a bare wall. Behind the prisoners is a fire that emits the shadows of statues onto the bare wall. However‚ the prisoners see the shadows on the wall as real objects because they have been there since birth. They think the shadows are the true forms because that is the only truth they

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