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    out of the allegory in a cave‚ because once enlightenment was evident in the headache that is also known as Mathematics‚ one begins to understand how this headache of a process enlightens one to think logically and more cognitively in the revolutionized modern society; therefore‚ if an individual person connects the concept of “An Allegoric Cave” with the perception of reality‚ that individual will be able to find all truths in a world of perpetual lies. Allegory of the Cave starts off with three prisoners

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    programming his thoughts‚ and experiences. All the humans were in this huge machine with their brains connected to a bunch of wires‚ and their thoughts were being inputted by the computer. In Plato’s Allegory of the Cave‚ there is a similar situation. In his description of the prisoners of the cave‚ the prisoners were chained down‚ and only able to look a wall. There was a fire behind them and shadows from other walking by were played out on the wall for the prisoners to see. They believed the shadows to

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    Commentary Plato’s Allegory of the Cave is the factual perception on what human’s ignorant minds accept whatever they perceive without envisioning the reality. His use of “dark” imagery illustrates how a person is trapped and isolated in his own “cave” and conceives everything without visually seeing the “light” outside the cave. He conveys the idea that the “prisoners” are stuck and “chained” in their own reality because they were only shown one perspective from “childhood”. Plato wisely suggests

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    Plato’s Allegory of the Cave relates to social media use in that the media has developed and maintained a strong hold on society‚ similarly as to how the cave encapsulates the prisoners. Nowadays‚ media has become the basis of truth‚ where society soaks in this information and takes it as fact. However‚ how can one determine if these findings that are presented are genuine or just a mere illusion? Plato’s Allegory of the Cave explains how people only base their perception of the world on their experiences

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    Comprehending the Mind’s Aging Eye "The Allegory of the Cave‚" by Plato‚ explains that people experience emotional and intellectual revelations throughout different stages in their lives. This excerpt‚ from his dialogue The Republic‚ is a conversation between a philosopher and his pupil. The argument made by this philosopher has been interpreted thousands of times across the world. My own interpretation of this allegory is simple enough as Plato expresses his thoughts as separate stages.

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    Nick Morris March 31‚ 2014 AP Lang 2nd Hour Analysis of “Allegory of the Cave” Knowledge is the one “thing” that cannot be taken away from a person. In prisons and concentration camps‚ men are often striped down until they have nothing; yet what they do possess is whatever is in their minds. Thus‚ for leaders‚ it is important to control their subjects’ minds from the beginning‚ as this is the only to ensure that they can sustain their power. For even if the authority starves and beats their people

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    I will cover the Allegory of the Cave in regards to the Matrix. My four examples of how this theme is presented in the film are being deceived into believing a falsehood‚ the unreliability of the senses‚ accomplishing of great feats‚ and teaching others about truth. I will refer to the protagonist of the Matrix as Neo and the protagonist of the Allegory of the Cave as Prisoner. Both Neo and Prisoner were deceived into believing in a falsehood: that they lived in the real world. In the Matrix‚ Neo

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    Breaking Free of the Cave “The Republic”‚ Plato’s longest work‚ has many views about philosophy and characters within and there is one character that truly stands out and entices you to read on until the very end; that was Socrates. Socrates was a mentor and a friend of Plato’s and in Plato’s eyes‚ he was a great and wise Philosopher that was a martyr for philosophy. Within “The Republic”‚ Plato has written a symbolic account about one of Socrates’ teachings of education or the enlightenment

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    Allegory of the Cave The great philosopher‚ Plato‚ back in the days of the ancient Greek civilization‚ concluded that man as a species can only draw from what his senses take about his surroundings. This includes his social relationships‚ eating habits‚ spiritual beliefs‚ and the many other attributes that make a person who they are. This theory/observation is very accurate about man back then and is also seen in everyday life even today. People are constantly leaving their imaginary caves in search of

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    COMM200-U4 06/02/13 Nicole Prince The article “On Sale at Old Navy: Cool Clothes for Identical Zombies!” written by Damien Cave explains how as a society we are swayed by the flash of big corporations and in turn are loosing what real culture we have left. Damien Cave starts the article off with a scenario showing a man named “Thomas Frank”. As Frank walks by a heavily decorated Old Navy he shows his disgust saying ”Oh God‚ this is disgusting”. Thomas Frank is a pioneering social

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