What do Plato‚ Descartes‚ and Hobbes contribute to the question "how do we know what is true‚ and what is false?" In the allegory of the cave‚ Plato views the sunlight as the truth‚ and the shadows in the cave as being false‚ and his contribution to the question "how can we tell what is true‚ and what is false" is that we have no way of knowing what is true‚ and what is false‚ until we have experienced them both‚ and can compare the two. I think that Plato is trying to say that society
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In the film‚ The Cave of Forgotten Dreams the artists of the Chauvet paintings left behind a cave filled with beautiful paintings that can be interpreted in many ways. The paintings are able to tell how humans saw themselves compared to animals‚ the purpose and meaning of the cave to artists and the paintings also show how far along brain and cognitive abilities were developed compared to present time. These drawing showed how life more than 30‚000 years ago was outside the cave. During that time
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Alexandria Corcoran Jaren Schroeder English W131 October 17‚ 2012 Cancer Research – A Super Fraud? Is cancer research a super fraud? Is the money being raised by the several cancer organizations being used for good‚ or bad? Does the research the government puts forth really cover what needs to be researched‚ or are they missing something? These are all questions that Mr. Robert Ryan believes he has the answers to. Whether one trusts him or not is one’s own decision. Having only a bachelor degree
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Cole Richardson Professor Bedwell English 1321 10 11 October 2011 Rhetorical Analysis Essay 2 We Do Abortions Here: A Nurse’s Story‚ written by Sallie Tisdale‚ was first published in 1990 by October’s edition of Harper’s Magazine. Tisdale was motivated to write this article because she is an American nurse and essayist. She is a writer on health and medical issues and anything in between. The purpose of this article is to inform the readers on how often abortion is called upon‚ along with the thoughts
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Architecture must be taken as the language with emphasis not only on the construction of "words" but also the meaning of "spiritual" decoding. He also urged (Carol Blair 1999) to "look beyond the symbolism of the rhetorical text and to examine the rhetorical importance of eloquence with its consequences and its partisan - the material power of eloquence" beyond the aims‚ intentions and motives. "In distinguishing between what the text means (symbolic level) Dependency)‚ Blair reminds
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same name and hometown were faced with and how their decisions on overcoming them lead them to two completely different places. One living free and being able to experience things and the other living unfortunately behind bars. Wes Moore uses the rhetorical appeals ethos‚ logos‚ and pathos to engage the readers attention on how two boys with so many similarities can grow up and live two completely opposite lives. Wes Moore is a talented and educated man and accomplished an enormous amount of things
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Plato form of the good -most important form is the form of the good‚ highest form and the source of all other forms - it represents the sun in the allegory of the cave‚ it illuminates and is the source of the other forms - all forms are an aspect of goodness- truth‚ courage ‚ wisdom and beauty is an aspect of goodness - the greatest thing we will learn‚ knowledge of it is an end in itself and gives meaning and purpose to life. - Different forms are arranged in a hierarchy and most important forms
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The analogy of the cave tells us nothing about reality. Discuss [10] To explain the way in which Plato’s analogy of the cave could tell us something about reality‚ one could use the example of a small town‚ in the middle of nowhere. Many people live in this town‚ and it has a school‚ a church‚ a post office and a shop. The population of the town rarely leave to visit other places. These people can be considered to be the prisoners in Plato’s analogy‚ chained together‚ facing a blank wall‚ assuming
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“Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!” There have been countless speeches made throughout the course of time; some that have managed to change laws and mindsets‚ and others who have simply expressed a logical opinion or proposed a vengeful disputation. However‚ amongst these varying disquisitions‚ only a few have managed to remain memorable. By using various literary devices‚ one particular man was able to remain in the memories of many‚ and deliver one of the most famous patriotic speeches in our
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1 Towards the beginning of this passage‚ Socrates gets Laches to agree to a new definition of courage. What is it? (5 marks) In the beginning of the passage Socrates gets Laches to agree that wise endurance is the definition of courage “Socrates: so according to your account‚ wise endurance will be courage. Laches: so it seems”. 2 What conclusion do Socrates and Laches reach at the end of the passage? Why might Laches be surprised by this conclusion? (5 marks) By the end of the passage
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