The Naica mines are naturally occurring caves‚ located in Chihuahua‚ Mexico. The Naica mines are working mines rich in lead‚ zinc‚ and silver‚ which are owned by Mexico’s largest lead producer‚ Industrias Penoles. Within the Naica mines are caves filled with giant selenite crystals‚ discovered by miner brothers‚ Juan and Pedro Sanchez in 2000. The caves were discovered while drilling through the Naica fault during a mining expedition. The giant crystal caves are in the shape of a horseshoe and have
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The allegory of the cave in Plato’s Republic is a metaphor meant to illustrate Plato’s views on knowledge but also strengthens his perception of the noble lie in society‚ an idea that is still very relevant today. It is designed to ask the fundamental question of: “What is the truth?” This is a clear reference Plato’s ideology that rests upon the sworn duty that Guardians make towards the state and it is hence emphasized by this analogy. The journey that one makes to be able to attain that superior
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Allegory of the Cave” by Plato represents an extended metaphor that is to contrast the way in which we perceive and believe in what is reality. The thesis behind Plato’s allegory is the basic opinion that all we perceive are imperfect “reflections” of the ultimate forms‚ which subsequently represent truth and reality. 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
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Yesnowitz 4 December 2014 Intellectual Freedom Plato was a Greek philosopher‚ born sometime around 428 B.C and died around 347 B.C. Among his many writings in the Republic‚ Plato spoke about government‚ education‚ justice‚ virtues‚ what qualities make people who they are. This paper will focus on Plato’s Allegory of the Cave as it relates to intellectual freedom in contemporary education‚ specifically the limits put on individuals that may hamper their learning or allow them intellectual freedom‚ what
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Broward College Plato’s Allegory of the cave Soto‚ Jorge #j11029782 Professor Kimber 11/14/12 We often wonder if reality is as real as it seems‚ and if we are part of a world that is real or fictional. Everyday before our eyes‚ we expose ourselves to objects; those whom we have comprised ideas of universal design. Take a bus for example‚ to see it pass by once‚ twice‚ or three times a day is no surprise to us. Similarly‚ we live with those things all the time‚ whether it’s
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“Allegory of the Cave” there is an internal struggle with in the protagonist to escape from the only place he has known as home just to find out that is like out of the cave. Within the cave it is extremely censored on what the people/prisoners are able to see and the only way they are shown anything is through shadow images that are projected upon the cave walls. They are shown manipulated images of birds‚ people‚ and other objects which in turn scares them into staying within the cave. The protagonist
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Schmidlapp 1 Joe Schmidlapp Semrad Philosophy 17 October 2012 Allegory of The Cave in “The Truman Show” It is undeniable that Plato has influenced generations and civilizations long after his life. Plato has inspired countless philosophers‚ writers‚ poets and intellectuals. Specifically‚ Plato inspired Andrew Niccol to write the script for The Truman Show based on The Allegory of the Cave. The Truman Show puts a modern twist on the Allegory: a young man Truman is unknowingly the subject of
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Republic‚ Plato illustrates a metaphor dealing with education and knowledge. This‚ metaphor is known as the Allegory of the Cave. In the cave there are men chained up facing the end of the cave. They can’t turn their heads either side and behind them are puppeteers statue like in front of the fire. Shadows are made by this and are pictured in front of the prisoners. They speak about the shadows as we do of our world. They call the shadows different names that we would call dogs‚ man‚ and horses. After
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Clinical Synthesis I Ayva Rodriguez Felician College Clinical Synthesis I The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) recommended nine essentials of baccalaureate education for professional nursing practice ("Essentials‚" 2008‚ p. 3). One of the key nurse managers’ key competency is practicing the AACN essential I that uses written‚ verbal‚ nonverbal‚ and emerging technology methods to communicate effectively with a variety of disciplines to inform decision making by using inquiry
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Multistep Synthesis of Tetraphenylcyclopentadienone Author: Instructor: Date work performed: 10.18.2012--10.25.2012 Date work submitted: 11.01.2012 Abstract: The aim of this experiment was to perform a multistep synthesis to form tetraphenylcyclopentadienone. The first step of the reactions was to synthesize benzoin from the condensation of benzaldehyde. A yield of 28.91% benzoin was obtained. The MP of benzoin was 127O-130O C and the IR spectra displayed a carbonyl peak at 3415 cm-1
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