Plato’s Allegory of the Cave is Plato talking to Socrates and Glaucon about the idea of human being. Plato‚ being a philosopher‚ wondered about a lot of things. He‚ of course‚ had meant to put meanings behind the dialogues that he writes down‚ Allegory of the Cave being one. The central idea of it is that he believes humans are creatures that only wander around in places that they know‚ and whenever they leave the cave‚ they see a whole new world. Throughout the entire text‚ he develops the idea
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AR6_SA_U2_L1_LC Introduction and Objective Cave art has quite an important history‚ but it became all the more important when the art was uncovered in 1940 in the Lascaux Caves of France. http://mrg.bz/o4HWDn So‚ what was so special about this cave art? Well‚ like lots of cave art‚ most scenes portray large wild animals‚ such as bison‚ horses‚ or deer‚ with horses being the most common. Often‚ tracings of human hands and abstract patterns were also seen. Drawings of humans were rare and usually
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Allegory of the Cave‚ a philosophical story written during 560 BC‚ both introduce thought provoking questions. These include: “Are we living in the real world or an illusion of the real world?” and “What is reality?” The Matrix is a sci-fi action film that attracts modern viewers who can relate to the main character‚ Neo. The film is about how the world that Neo thinks is real‚ is only just an illusion. Similarly‚ The Allegory of the Cave is about a prisoner that comes to realize the cave is only a prison
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¡§The Allegory of the Cave¡¨ in Different Perspectives ¡§The Allegory of the Cave‚¡¨ written by Plato‚ is an interpretation of a conversation between Socrates‚ Plato¡¦s mentor‚ and Glaucon‚ one of Socrates students. ¡§The Allegory of the Cave¡¨ can be interpreted several different ways. Imagine men in a cave chained up by their necks and legs‚ forcing them to only look forward at a wall. An opening behind them lets the light in. Above the burning fire and chains‚ there is a road. Have
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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 inside the cave are passive
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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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Allegory of the Cave. The cave is a metaphorical situation whereby there are fictional prisoners in a fictional cave who only know the reality that is shown to them. According to Socrates‚ the prisoners are an example of people who do not live the life of philosopher and have never searched for universal truths. In other words‚ basically everybody. In order for them to escape the cave‚ Socrates says‚ the prisoners must live a life of a philosopher. Once they have escaped the metaphorical cave‚ they have
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Customer Service For the Mystery Shopping assignment‚ I have decided to observe the customer service provided by Sport Chek located at Erin Mills Town Center‚ Mississauga. I’ve entered the store as a customer looking to buy boxing wraps for his next boxing training‚ at the time of my entry there was a medium number of customers‚ and the customer movement at the store can be described as normal. Also there was a good number of sales associates helping out customers and walking through
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In this story‚ Plato describes a scenario in which a man who was trapped in a cave since his youth is finally freed of his chains and allowed to exit the cave. Once the man’s chains are removed‚ he finds himself compelled to turn his head away from the shadows and towards the light behind him: “Let us suppose that one of them has been released‚ and compelled suddenly
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The Magdalenian cave painters were also skilled in tool making‚ therefore they provided themselves with painting tools to help them create marvelous art on the cave walls. I believe art is a way of expressing how you feel or a way of telling your own story. Cave art may have had some religious significance to the prehistoric people. As stated in the article‚ cave art might have also been some form of hunting magic. I have to agree with this theory on the account of most cave art having some
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