In the Allegory of the Cave‚ Plato and Glaucon are learning from socrates teachings during 847 BC on exactly where nature is on the path of enlightenment. The Allegory of the Cave was written in 847 BC by Plato to help tell what powerful meaning Plato had gotten from one of Socrates teachings. Now Socrates is a very smart and very educated during this time period but he is just not educated he is also pushing everyone’s thinking. Plato goes on discussing how the media throughout many years has influenced
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deception? Human beings believe they are living in realities because they do not know of anything else. What they feel‚ see‚ hear‚ taste‚ and feel all contribute to their subconscious belief of physical existence. As people dream‚ however‚ they usually cannot recognize that they are not living through the events—that is‚ until they wake up. What if they do not wake up? How would they know the difference between their false perceptions and reality? The Ancient Greek philosopher Plato explores this
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Thoughts on Plato’s Allegory of the Cave The allegory of the cave that appears in Book VII of Plato’s Republic is a well-known text for good reason: it is a brilliant allegory on the nature of the human condition in its relationship to knowledge‚ and it forces the careful reader to reflect on Plato’s implications about different kinds of knowledge. For the Greek philosopher Plato‚ the true reality exists in the world of ideas‚ a world that is invisible
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The Nature of Reality: What Is Versus What Seems? Philosophy is a way of thinking about the world. It is the study of ideas about knowledge‚ truth‚ the nature and meaning of life‚ etc. and it consists of several different sections‚ one being metaphysics. Metaphysics is the part of philosophy that is concerned with the basic causes and nature of things. It distinguishes between what is and what seems‚ as seen in Plato’s “The Allegory of the Cave.” Metaphysics aims to answer: what‚ most fundamentally
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of learning and data uncritically‚ more often than not by simply stating their increased importance‚ and evaluating the effects. Plato was a Greek philosopher‚ mathematician and the writer of philosophical dialogues. Before Plato‚ there were some different philosophers that had made a few comments about the theory of knowledge‚ specifically Socrates. Nonetheless‚ Plato has been credited with the source of the theory of knowledge as it was found in his discussions. His theory of knowledge nearly
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and the human mind. Bacon suggests understanding the four idols‚ that make it unclear for reasoning to flourish truthfully‚ by one is able to discover the validity of reason and avoid being misleaded or misguided by these illusions and misconceptions of the world. Bacon takes a more logical and scientific approach in philosophy using results and data to determine the truth behind “how we know what we know” and how not to be deceived by our mind’s own capability. On the other hand‚ Plato believes
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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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In Plato’s parable‚ The Allegory of the Cave‚ he writes it as a dialogue between his brother and Socrates. Plato thinks of a “game”. It consists of a few prisoners‚ who are chained down and cannot turn their heads in any direction‚ a cave‚ a fire‚ and some objects with a group of people who carry them. The prisoners can only look straight ahead at a wall‚ and the people behind them put objects in front of the fire. The objects in front of the fire cast shadows onto the wall that the prisoners are
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Human Freedom Freedom in mind‚ freedom in nature‚ and freedom in subjectivity of individual are three kinds of freedoms. However‚ freedom should be expressed within the limits of reason and morality. Having freedom equals having the power to think‚ to speak‚ and to act without externally imposed restrains. As a matter of fact‚ finding freedom in order to live free is the common idea in Plato with "The Allegory of the Cave"; Henry David Thoreau with " Where I lived and What I lived for"; and Jean
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In Plato’s “Allegory of a Cave”‚ he depicts an area where prisoners live chained in a cave. All they see are shadows casted on the wall and these shadows shape the prisoner’s reality. One of the prisoners then escapes the cave. Initially‚ he is blinded by the sun and the reality of the new world. He can now see beyond the shadows. Over time‚ he recognizes that his life has been controlled by others and now knows the truth. Nonetheless‚ “Allegory of the Cave” can be perceived in several different
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