Melissa A. Reeves Plato‚ Descartes‚ and The Matrix Essay 02/14/2014 Phil 201-B15 Liberty University Professor Ronald Kuykendall In comparing the movie The Matrix and the readings from Plato and Descartes‚ the major similarity found among the three is deception. It is the deception of the mind that these excerpts deal with. The idea of being in an illusion or reality is addressed. All three take into account sense perceptions. Also‚ all three have an outside influence that is controlling the
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illusion that veils our eyes from the reality? Who’s to say what’s real‚ and what isn’t? There are two very different‚ yet eerily the same stories that expand on the ideas of reality‚ and the truth that is found within it. One‚ a modern movie‚ called The Matrix‚ where a man learns that his race is being controlled by a robotic race. The human race lives in a simulated world‚ where they are ignorant of the world that lies outside their imprisoned minds. The other a classical essay written by Plato‚ called
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Analysis Paper: The Matrix The Matrix is a science fiction film produced in the 1999’s by the Wachowski Brothers that revolves around the idea reality is not what it seems to be. The movie is essentially about machines that have enslaved the human population‚ using people for means of bioenergy; that being body heat and electrical activity. The main protagonist is the character of Neo‚ a computer programmer‚ who finds himself continuously concerned about the idea that his world isn’t all he thinks
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The Matrix‚ The Cave And Meditations PHIL 201 John L. Hill II Liberty University John Hill Professor Allyn Kyes Philosophy 201 October 18‚ 2012 The Matrix‚ The Cave And Meditations Thesis: There are many similarities in the Matrix ( Wachowski‚ Andy‚ and Lana Wachowski 1999 )‚ The Allegory of the Cave ( Plato ) and Meditation I of The Things of Which We May Doubt ( Decartes‚ 1641 ). It appears as you take a close look at the Matrix that it is a retelling of “The
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CST 151 April 3rd 2013 The 9 Elements of film: The Matrix The Matrix is centered around the main protagonist Neo. Neo is in his late twenties‚ with a nine to five job working at a software company as a programmer. He has always felt something just wasn’t right about the world‚ and he felt it goes further than the injustices of worldwide hunger and war. One late night while coding some not so legal material for a friend he gets a chat request from someone with the sign name of Trinity.
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Plato’s “Meno‚” Meno is questioning Socrates about the definition of virtue‚ and what it means to be virtuous. Meno‚ however‚ has constructed his own‚ and somewhat materialistic idea about virtue‚ thinking that the definition revolves around wealth‚ gold‚ and other items that represent someone of high rank. Throughout the story‚ Socrates provides Meno with a multitude of questions and examples‚ but never directly states what virtue is. For instance‚ Socrates proved to Meno that knowledge and learning
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Virtue Ethics asks the decision maker how the people affected by the decision can achieve happiness. This value states that there is no formula to find a correct decision‚ but the decision maker should consider what behaviors their virtues require in the situation and what impact their behaviors will have on their virtues. Luke must make a decision based on whether telling his brother about the development or keeping the information confidential will uphold his virtues and ensure the
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forever changing through the influences we experience in life. Often individuals struggle to define their identity. This is strongly displayed within the film distributed by Warner brothers pictures‚ The Matrix and the poem composed by W.H Auden‚ Funeral Blues through the use of techniques. The Matrix consists of a man named ’Thomas Anderson’ but also goes by the name Neo. The movie is based on his journey of seeking his true self. One night he awakens to his computer screen saying “Follow the white
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The comparisons between the three stories are that each has a question as to what is real/reality. The Cave by Plato and The Matrix are similar in their story line. The two differ in that Neo was beginning to feel that there was something that was missing in his life‚ a feeling that something wasn’t quite right. The prisoner in Plato’s story had no question‚ no reservation as to what his life was to be day in and day out until a different scenario was presented to him. Much like Neo‚ the prisoner
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would be found to be impossible‚ but in turn he learned that many of the virtues are good to try and maintain during everyday activities and through life itself. By maintaining these virtues the quality of life can be expected to be exponentially greater than without them. Three of the virtues that stand out the most are Silence‚ Order‚ and Moderation. Silence‚ Order‚ and Moderation are thought to be the most important virtues within Franklin’s stride to perfection and many people today can learn at
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