Plato allegory of the cave (25 marks) Plato is one of the most important Greek philosophers and a pupil of Socrates. He founded the Academy in Athens‚ an institution devoted to research and instruction in philosophy and the sciences. His works on philosophy‚ politics and mathematics which were very influential.The complex meanings that can be perceived from the "Cave" can be seen in the beginning with the presence of the prisoners who are chained in the darkness of the cave. The prisoners are bound
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Dunbar cave is the only site in the united states where you can go see mississippian art from apparently seven hundred years ago! The cave has closed numerous of time‚unfortunately in 2002 they had to close out the inside to all the public do to health issues. They opened back up a fews years later. In 2010 they made it official to close the inside of the cave due to bat infestations as well with other animals. The Dunbar cave is open to see the Native American drawings. In the 1930’s the cave became
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The Cave and the Christian In Plato’s Republic we have one of the best allegories told‚ the allegory of the Cave. The allegory of the cave goes basically like this: Suppose people were born in a cave and from birth they were chained up and unable to turn their heads. All they could do was to look straight ahead at a wall. Far behind them there was a fire burning and in from of that fire people would walk with object in their hands‚ statues and the like. All the chained prisoners could see would
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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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Medical Marijuana A debatable topic in the United States has been the talk of making Marijuana legal for medicinal purposes. Included in the legalization of marijuana contains the right to sell‚ grow‚ use or buy marijuana. The origin of marijuana‚ cannabus satiba‚ came from Eastern Europe‚ India and Iran. Marijuana is the dried blossom of cannabis sativa and cannabis indica plants‚ leafy annual plants with parts that are used for as herbs‚ animal food‚ medicine and as
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Cave paintings were the first forms of art. These paintings first appeared around 31‚000 years ago. The oldest one known is in the El Castillo cave in Spain. This is not a very well-known cave‚ even though I think it should be. The Chauvet‚ Altamira‚ and Lascaux are the most common caves. Cave art is very interesting and has created multiple theories. The first theory of the purpose of this new outburst was just a way to be decorative. I don’t think that is the sole reason for
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Plato’s classic The Allegory of the Cave and seminal science-fiction film The Matrix at first glance seem to have nothing in common. The first is written and set in the ancient times‚ revolving around Socrates telling his follower Glaucon about chained prisoners in a primitive cave watching shadow puppets lighted by a fire burning at the cave’s opening. The latter is a futuristic story set in a world controlled by artificial-intelligent computers that created the Matrix‚ a virtual world programmed
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III. Parmenides was of the Pre-Socratic times that focused on the offspring of philosophy‚ metaphysics. Parmenides philosophy relies heavily on reason‚ which influenced the thinking of Plato and Aristotle tremendously. A monist with such a radical metaphysical view on what is there and what is not‚ or what actually exists and what doesn’t. Understand and accept that Parmenides views are tenable yet also counterintuitive. His views open our eyes to knowing that the fundamental nature of reality has
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of the cave in Plato’s Republic The allegory of the cave signifies the position humanity is in prior and after obtaining knowledge. With the allegory of the cave presented towards us as a utility or a stepping stone into further realization. Where prior to knowledge humans are considered like puppets‚ controlled by people as they wish. Through the allegory we are to see the effects and consequences of which knowledge will bring. The cave’s main representation from the allegory of the cave is that
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and the Allegory of the Cave What if one were living through life completely bound and facing a reality that doesn’t even exist? The prisoners in Plato’s "Allegory of the Cave" are blind from true reality as well as the people in the movie The Matrix. They are given false images and they accept what their senses are telling them. They believe what they are experiencing is not all that really exists. Plato‚ the ancient Greek philosopher wrote "The Allegory of the Cave‚" to explain the process
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