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    Knowledge‚ you can say is everything that is known through view or what is seen. Plato’s Allegory of the Cave believed that knowledge is acquired not just through what is perceived‚ but also rather through the process of thought and thinking. What is not seen‚ or what you cannot see Plato considered being the real source of knowledge. On the other hand‚ William Golding‚ in Thinking as a Hobby‚ categorizes the level of knowledge and thought‚ taking further from the point made by Plato. Golding puts

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    Myth Of The Cave Analysis

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    In the story “Myth of the Cave” we are told that there are three prisoners in a cave tied to some rocks‚ their arms and legs are bound and their head is tied so they cannot look at the burning cave entrance behind them. All of the prisoners have been detained since birth and have never seen the real world; they did not even know what existed. Everyday people outside of captives cave walk along the pathway casting shadows on the wall that is in-front of the prisoners. They are able to see figures

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    Seagull and “The Myth of the Cave” can’t have more different titles with completely different meanings right; well‚ not exactly. How is it that an allegory about a seagull is anything like an allegory about people inside of a cave? Allegories are just representations of a thing that has a hidden moral or religious meaning the titles of these allegories are very misleading until you analyze them both. Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach and “The Myth of the Cave” by Plato are both allegories

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    The Matrix and The Allegory of the Cave Both "The Allegory of the Cave" and "The Matrix" are stories in which there are two realities‚ one perceived and one real. Although "The Matrix" is not based exactly on Plato’s "The Allegory of the Cave‚" there are several parallels between the two works. The similarities in "The Matrix‚" relate to Plato’s concept. They project his thoughts of natural logic from "The Allegory of the Cave" into a perspective that makes it easier for people to understand when

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    some ways the people in the cave not introduced to outside ideas. If you think about it we are all in some ways the people in the cave‚ oblivious so many things in our world. We are given things like the media‚ military‚ presidential election‚ and society to block out the other unknown ideas about life We sit in the cave and these made up things are the fire and the shapes we look at making things that aren’t real. Also religion is a prime example of the fire in the cave. Today we are chained to a

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    The allegory of the cave was a vision that Plato described to Socrates about prisoners chained facing a wall of a cave so that they could not move. Chained there for their entire lives they could not see themselves or each other all they could see was the cave wall and shadows. Fire burned above their heads and behind them. Between the fire and the prisoners a wall lined path where people walk and carry vases‚ statues‚ and other artifacts on their heads. The prisoners could hear echoes of voices

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    In Plato’s parable‚ The Allegory of the Cave‚ he writes it as a dialogue between his brother and Socrates. Plato thinks of a “game”. It consists of a few prisoners‚ who are chained down and cannot turn their heads in any direction‚ a cave‚ a fire‚ and some objects with a group of people who carry them. The prisoners can only look straight ahead at a wall‚ and the people behind them put objects in front of the fire. The objects in front of the fire cast shadows onto the wall that the prisoners are

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    Udayagiri and Khandagiri Caves (Oriya: ଉଦୟଗିରି ଓ ଖଣ୍ଡଗିରି ଗୁମ୍ଫା) are partly natural and partly artificial caves of archaeological‚ historical and religious importance near the city of Bhubaneswar in Odisha‚ India. The caves are situated on two adjacent hills‚ Udayagiri and Khandagiri‚ mentioned as Kumari Parvat in the Hathigumpha inscription. They have a number of finely and ornately carved caves. It is believed that most of these caves were carved out as residential blocks for Jain monks during

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    to any type of vehicles. There are still parts of the town that is lack of water supply. The mode of transportation in this town is jeep‚ tricycle and motorcycle. We have chosen Norzagaray‚ Bulacan‚ because in this town is located the "Pinagrealan Cave" that it is said that it plays a role

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    Republic. In his example‚ known as the “Allegory of the Cave”‚ Plato uses an allegorical cave to show how humans are uncomfortable when exposed to the truth and that they are manipulated by higher authorities. In their 1999 motion picture The Matrix‚ the Wachowski brothers use a computer program to display similar ideals of Plato’s allegory‚ including how humans are controlled and negatively react to the truth. Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” serves as a philosophical basis to The Matrix‚ as both

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