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    Obtaining the Truth Plato is a historical Greek philosopher and one of Socrate’s pupils. After Socrate died in 399 B.C.‚ Plato left his home in Athens and returned approximately twenty years later. “The Allegory of the Cave” is a short story filled with symbolism and metaphors that Plato had written before he died. In the story‚ Plato wrote about Socrate and his brother‚ Glaucon‚ discussing the steps to obtain the truth and why one should obtain it. In the story‚ Plato uses the prisoners as representative

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    Plato‚ "The Allegory of the Cave" "And whereas the other so-called virtues of the soul seem to be akin to bodily qualities‚ for even when they are not originally innate they can be implanted later by habit and exercise‚ the of wisdom more than anything else contains a divine element which always remains‚ and by this conversion is rendered useful and profitable; or on the other hand‚ hurtful and useless. Did you never observe the narrow intelligence flashing from the keen eye of a clever rouge

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    Plato's Allegory of the Cave

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    Prompt: Define Plato ’s “Allegory of the Cave”. What is the central message? Is he describing education alone? Where does politics come in? Plato is known to many as one of the most influential and greatest philosophers to have lived. Plato represents his idea of reality and the truth about what we perceive through one of his famous writings‚ “The Allegory of the Cave”. The philosophical writing is in the form of an allegory‚ which is “a story in which the characters and situations actually represent

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    Early Cave Paintings

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    1. What are the subjects of the early cave paintings and for what reason‚ the archeologists believe they were painted? Use examples from your assigned readings. The subjects were animals. The meaning behind the painting of caves was thought to be because humans have a built in desire to decorate their surroundings. Scientist also believed that’s cave paintings were to help clan bonds‚ rites‚ even had ceremonies around the paintings because they thought it would increase fertility in animals which

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    1.) "The Allegory of the Cave" - We often hear of various movements that are set out to try to protect our freedoms. We spend most of lives trying to defend our rights and keep ourselves liberated. However‚ how truly free are we? "The Allegory of the Cave" a story of prisoners in a cave ‚ chained facing upward‚ by the legs and necks. They cannot move but their eyes are faced straight ahead at a wall. This wall is their world. They see the shadows of people‚ some carrying objects and others not

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    Political Cartoon Essay on America’s Robber Barons Throughout the late 19th century a group of men held control over the economy of the United States. This group consisted of men who were beyond wealthy. They owned almost every facet of the economy through monopolism and other practices that are not considered legal. With the government of the time partaking in what is called laissez faire capitalism‚ these men were allowed to begin building what could be considered an empire without federal interference

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    The Republic Notes Dialogue between Socrates (protagonist) and Glaucon (interlocutor) Stage 1. Bound inside cave * Been there since childhood‚ legs and necks fettered * Fire burning behind and above them * See artifacts carried by people along wall of path * Honours‚ praises‚ prizes for those sharpest at identifying shadows & order of shadows honored and held power; rewards are desired / envied * Truth is nothing other than the shadows of those artifacts Stage 2. Freed of

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    Nick Cave: Soundsuit‚ 2012 “Wow! This is beautiful”‚ I thought to myself seeing Nick Cave’s artwork titled Soundsuit. I loved each detail about the artwork at first sight‚ from the different rectangular patterns poised together to the glamorous shine it gives‚ standing at a human like shape. Looking at the Soundsuit gives me a higher level fancy feeling. This artwork reminds me of a cartoon character. This sculpture was precise with details and made me wonder what was the sculptures meaning‚ what

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    In his allegory‚ the cave is a representation of the world humans live in and the sun a representation of the true world‚ the world of the forms. Plato‚ through this‚ shows that man will not be able to rush into understanding truth‚ but will first start with what is familiar‚ then move to seeing things in a different way‚ but not an uncomfortable way; then looking at a closer version of the truth‚ and finally having the ability to look directly at the truth and see the beauty in it. Plato claims

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    of the Cave” Plato contends that sense experience cannot lead to knowledge‚ but in fact knowledge can only be found in ideal models—Forms. I will argue that though false premises and problematic justification of the immortal soul exist as severe challenges to Plato’s epistemological view‚ Plato’s arguments ultimately cannot be concretely proven incorrect nor

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