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    In Plato ’s "The Allegory of the Cave‚" Socrates tells an allegory of the hardship of understanding reality. Using metaphors Socrates compares a prisoner in an underground cave who is exploring a new strange world he never knew of to people who are trying to find a position of knowledge in reality. Through it‚ Plato attempts to map a man ’s journey through education and describes what is needed to achieve a perfect society. According to Socrates‚ most people tend to rely on their senses excessively

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    are just transitions and yet one seems to be more favorable over the other. As Plato contemplates in the Allegory of the Cave‚ “Instead he’d try to find out whether this person’s mind was returning from a mode of existence which involves greater lucidity and had been blinded by the...” I could finish this entire quote‚ but you probably don’t want to read all of that. Long story short‚ the person feels happy for the other was becoming enlightened and sorry if he was going back into ignorance. In even

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    “Allegory” and the Matrix “The Allegory of the Cave‚” written in the classical age of 360 B.C. by a Greek philosopher Plato‚ illustrates three chained prisoners trapped within a cage never seeing the outside world The only thing that they can see are the shadows created by fire of one’s passing through. One prisoner was allowed the freedom to be released. As he discovers this outside world around him‚ he becomes eager to tell the other prisoners about it. The prisoners do not believe him‚ because

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    The Matrix‚ “The Allegory of the Cave‚” and “The Meditations on First Philosophy‚” readings all seem to have one common thread. These are still the age old questions that remains unanswered‚ “Am I real‚” “is the world real‚” “is anything real?” These questions or state of mind has been asked and answered by so many people beyond these readings that it is overwhelmingly‚ one of the largest subjects not only in philosophy‚ but also in non-fiction‚ fiction and science fiction writings. Writers have

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    Tom Chappell 1943 – Born 1970 – Create the bound (Tom’s of Maine) 1980s – Study Masters in Theology at Harvard Divinity School 1991 – Graduated 2006 – Tom’s of Maine was purchased by Colgate-Palmolive Now - A new company (Ramblers Way) Q2) Tom is dreaming of a line of all-natural‚ environmentally friendly household products DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 1 Does the Tom’s of Maine experience prove that one can "do business with principles‚" or are there business realities that make it hard

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    Chyngyz Begimkulov BA-114 Allegory of the Cave Theme of Freedom‚ Responsibility & Education in the Allegory of the Cave The myth of the cave is a famous allegory‚ written by Plato in The Republic. It was written in the form of conversation between Socrates and Glaucon and covers the idea of shadow against light or how far our nature is enlightened or unenlightened. The story tells about the cave in which people live from their childhood‚ and have their legs and necks chained so that they cannot

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    Brief Summary In this Allegory of the cave written by Plato it tells about how people react to instances in life. The story starts out by telling us to picture people “ having their legs and necks fettered from childhood”(1)‚ so that they cannot move and are only able to see the puppets shown throughout the fire. He goes to point out that if all they can see are these shadows of objects that those said objects must seem like the real ones to the prisoners. So these prisoners would then consider

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    Karla Saenz FIN3010 Dr.Mustafa Sayim Chapters 8-10 Chapter 8: CTACR If a project with conventional cash flows has a payback period less than its life‚ can you definitely state the algebraic sign of the NPV? Why or why not? No you cannot because you don’t know wether there is a cutoff time or how long it will take to pay off the amount. Just because it will pay itself back does not mean it will be a positive investment to take in. Suppose a project has conventional cash flows and a

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    Review PPTs and textbook and answer the following questions with SPSS. (Note: The data sets for the problems are available on the course D2L. Q1. Sue Borch‚ director of the Fowlerville‚ Maine‚ Center for Adult Recreational Activities‚ has long wondered whether there is a relationship between the number of complaints the center receives from patrons and volunteer staffing levels. To examine her hunch‚ Ms. Borch regresses the number of complaints received per week (COMP) on the number of volunteers

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    fable "The Allegory of the Cave" reflects the vast wisdom of Plato‚ his teacher and the philosophers of his time. The story’s meaning and lessons are as significant today as they were then‚ and its inclusion in The Republic is well earned. The intentions of Plato in sharing this story seem to be fairly simple. As with all of the works that he included in The Republic‚ he is attempting to convey a message that relates to government and leadership. I also believe that this story conveys a message to‚ not

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