Study Questions for The Allegory of the Cave Name: ______________________ Date: _________________________ Date due: __TBD_______________________ 1. How does The Allegory of the Cave illustrate Plato’s view of the physical world? 2. According to Plato‚ how can we find the “true essence” of an object? 3. In this parable‚ how is the human soul described? 4. How does the allegory describe the process of acquiring knowledge? 5. After reading this allegory‚ how do you think Plato would describe “happiness
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Julian Figueroa (#30973127) 1 An Allegory of Advertisements How does Plato’s allegory influence the way we consume art today? Every minute of every day‚ millions of people are exposed to advertisements. They plague televisions‚ streets‚ radio waves‚ and all means of communication. These advertisements employ many methods of persuasion and their influence is irresistible. Just like prisoners in Plato’s Allegory of the Cave‚ we are told every day to invest our time and interest into the subject
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The Allegory of the Cave is very important to understanding Plato. The allegory says we all live in a cave and all we can see are the shadows of reality on the cave wall. The shadows are based on reality but they are very distorted. If we rely on our own experience to understand things we will never get beyond these distorted shadows. We need a guide to take us out of the cave and into the sunlight where we can see reality as it truly is. But as we leave the cave the daylight blinds us so we need
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Describe 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
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prominent pieces is The Allegory of the Cave. The style of this writing piece is set as a dialogue‚ in which Plato’s brother‚ Glaucon and his mentor‚ Socrates are discussing a story. Despite Plato’s Allegory of the Cave being created thousands of years ago‚ there are strong themes and values instilled that are still prevalent today. The Allegory of the Cave tells the tale of three men‚ who have been chained prisoners for years. These men are helpless in a damp‚ dark cave with only a roaring fire
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Analysis of Plato’s allegory of the Cave in the Republic In the Republic‚ Book VII‚ Plato through Socrates presents the allegory of the cave. This allegory is used to help the explanation of how the philosophers are educated from ignorance to knowledge. Socrates defends that true education is not just seeing shadows and visible objects but understanding their nature. This allegory illustrates how‚ in relying on the senses and perception‚ man mistakes the shadows for reality. The people
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“Allegory of the Cave” Analysis The Allegory of the cave is an allegory written by Plato with the purpose to represent the way a philosopher gains knowledge. This allegory is a fictional dialogue between Socrates and Glaucon‚ where Socrates compares the issues appearance vs. reality‚ education vs. ignorance. There are two types of knowledge represented in this allegory‚ the one that is told and expected to be believed and accepted; and the one that is learned by a person’s own experiences
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In Platos’ writing The Allegory of the Cave he writes an elaborate scenario that directly concerns human perception. Plato describes in his writing that there are prisoners chained and only able to look at the wall ahead of them and with firelight behind them they see shadows from the
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Plato’s Allegory of the Cave is a well-known allegory read by many scholars over the years and it continues to be taught today for its many symbols‚ theories and the categories is touches base on relating to human society. The prisoners reminds me of jail in a sense that thats what you are when your are in custody and what you can do is very limited‚ and the real world is completely cut off. Although my experiences in life do not contain on that relates to jail but this is what i first thought of
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