This was my third trip to the Cavern in the last five years, but I believe this is the first time that I have taken the time to appreciate the time line that the rock formations truly represent.…
The analogy of the cave was created by Plato to explain his philosophy and it allowed people to understand other forms such as beauty and justice. It was a theoretical situation, were prisoners were tied up and could only see what was in front of them, which was due to a fire, which burnt behind them. This was meant to represent ordinary people who can’t see pass the illusion of their world and are, according to Plato ignorant.…
Bellamar Caves are a National Monument that is located in Matanzas, Cuba, they are a set of cave with more than 23 kilometers of galleries. By the beauty of its gallery and caves, they were declared a National Monument. The galleries and passages of the cave started forming about 300 thousand years ago. According to the studies the caves were originally under the sea, part of the bat of Matanzas. While they were under sea level, these caves were full of water. The tectonic movements caused the area to rise, until it became marine terraces are noticed in the city of Matanzas and its surroundings. With the pass of the time these caves were drying up, but some pockets that are deep under the sea level they began to leak between the rocks,…
The Allegory of the Cave is a metaphor that can be seen to describe many aspects and situations in life that one had no control or choice over. The reason Plato uses many metaphors in his allegory is to think or ‘philosophize’ about the world around us because in fact our understanding of the world is very limited. This is due to the fact that we live in a world of shadows and not reality to whom very little is actually known about by everyone. The metaphors are seen to actually represent a society with all its people, truths, hidden meanings, problems, solutions etc… The meanings transferred in the allegory of the cave apply to philosophy because it shows the philosophers position in society. It gives the philosopher the opportunity to philosophize/think about what exists/reality and what does not exist in our surrounding environment. To society, the allegory of the cave contemplates many issues related to man in his society. Such issues include human’s ability to be ignorant or knowledgeable, free or imprisoned, stubborn, lazy, active, etc… by choosing either to or not to search for answers to many of the issues that arise continuously. Moreover, The Allegory of the Cave is about ignorance and learning because the men in the cave are ignorant or unaware of the outside world that exists except for the shadows that they saw passing by on the walls. The man who is freed engages in the process of learning from the moment he is released from the cave and is forced to adapt to the new conditions and situations that now surround him. In addition, the chains are used to symbolize the limited amount of information that a person has about reality. For whatever reason, this limited amount of information can be considered to be a type of ignorance. Last but not least, as humans in this world, many of us are really ignorant…
This story has plenty of symbolism throughout the story such as the pit that represents the pit of hell or the pendulum which like a clock pendulum swinging back and forth represents time. The rats viewed normally as unwanted creatures, represent a second chance as they chew through his bindings freeing him to escape from the pendulum. General LaSalle is a symbol that resembles a Christ-like figure who overtakes the corruptness of the church and is the voice of reason. The narrator used something…
There are many elements of fiction. All of them together are a recipe for the perfect story. There are five elements all together. They are conflict, setting, character, plot and theme. "The Grim Grotto" displays all of these elements with an exceptionally well written storyline.…
The dig had been full of surprises, trying to move the tools and volunteers safely down the 85-foot sinkhole had been a challenge. Moreover, the fossils found were well over 100,000 years old. The animals included an American lion, camel and mammoth. While the discovery in northern Utah was unique with over 300 complete fossils found to date, it was minor compared to what Samantha was looking at. As Mark her graduate student continued to remove small particles of sediment with a dentist pick, Samantha stood in wonder watching…
Based on my own perception those people are imagining things according to what they had been seen in the wall. They only think what they seen and never think other possibilities of what they already seen maybe are just came from their wildest imagination or what they thinks it will appears.…
Have you ever wanted to find the answer to your problems and live in such a state without the misconceptions of reality? According to Plato everything in our world is just an image of the perfect object. In The Cave by Plato he describes how these people are chained up and they see these shadows on the wall. These shadows are an example of the objects we see in our everyday life (the visible world). Plato says that there is such a presence of “The Good” and that this Good rules this perfect spiritual world in which there is only truth and knowledge. I believe that the good that Plato is talking about is symbolic of God. God is the almighty ruler of the spiritual world, which Plato describes, but does not give any name to The Good. What Plato also does not do is provide us with how to get out of the cave. He tells us that outside the cave is this greatness and makes people want to reach it. Which brings up many questions including: How does someone escape the cave and reach the good? One must give up materialistic goods in order to live an abundant life because material goods only provide temporary happiness and distract from leading you to “The Good”.…
According to the myth, ‘nothing further beyond’ was written on the Columns.This indicates that explorers wouldn’t investigate areas as thoroughly as possible. Likewise, on the map there is a drawing of the island of Crete. There is a labyrinth that has been drawn on the map. I assume it was included due to the fact that in the Middle Ages, many churches and cathedrals had a labyrinth design on the floor. This is significant because travellers would walk the labyrinth as a sacred pilgrimage. Likewise, there is an elephant artwork included in the map, located near the northeast border. My understanding is that the creator of this map had never seen a live elephant because the drawing is relatively inaccurate. Many beliefs have been misconstrued over time, so people have different opinions on where and why a certain thing was put on the…
The cave was formed by an ancient wave that was covered by an inland sea about 35 miles long and 165ft deep 15,000 years ago. Late Archaic occupation represents a use of the cave as seasonal (summer-fall) base camp (Wills 1988a, 1988b). It was stated to be possible that by the time Horse Springs finally disappeared and bare that human habitation was few. The cave site became a low intensity use. Samples found of the maize in the U.S. Southwest it contained geological mass dating back ca.14, ooo - 10,500 B.P. but there is no evidence for human functional proof during that time period. But from evidence available information from the site from later excavations it stated that the oldest cultural components from the site was from “Buff Sand”…
Plato proposes in his philosophy The Allegory of the Cave that most people are bound to their obliviousness and materialism, either by willful rejection or ignorance, which in turn makes them metaphorically blind to the true nature of reality. For instance, the people chained within the dark cave is a symbol for the world we currently reside in (or was resided in), and the chains represent each one of us, who are either knowingly or unknowingly chained to the material world. The shadows the cave dwellers saw is a metaphor for both perception and illusion. For example, what one person perceives as reality and the truth (e.g. the shadows in the cave), is nothing but a mere illusion, even though they perceive it to be the truest reality.…
Olympic National Park has nearly 3,000,000 visitors every year. One of the most popular sites to visit is Kolach Tree Cave, which is a large tree that stretches across a miniature canyon and forms a cave. This is one of the changes the park as experienced over time. The land of the park has changed on many other occasions due to landslides, erosion, and human interaction. But probably, the most prominent change is glaciers. The park is full of them and they are constantly moving, changing the land behind them. Some of the glaciers include Blue Glacier, Lillian Glacier, and Anderson Glacier. The constantly moving glaciers and other changes in the scenery make the park different every time you go.…
An allegory is a kind of story in which writer intends a second meaning to be read beneath the surface story. One of the most important allegories ever to be gifted to humankind is Allegory of the Cave. Plato’s Allegory of the Cave is one of the most potent and pregnant of allegories that describe human condition in both its fallen and risen states. The Allegory of the Cave is Plato's explanation of the education of the soul toward enlightenment. It is also known as the Analogy of the Cave, Plato's Cave, or the Parable of the Cave. It is written as a fictional dialogue between Plato's teacher Socrates and Plato's brother Glaucon at the beginning of Book VII of The Republic.…
Before embarking upon my research project, I sat down to ponder what sort of topics interest me, as far as having the potential to provide an avenue for research. For some reason, which I can not explain, my thoughts roamed to a trip I took in 2012 to London, England. In England, I visited a place called the London Dungeons. It is really nothing more than a tourist trap, to be honest. However, the dungeons did offer an exhibit on methods used in England to obtain confessions from accused witches. At the time, I found it disturbing, but it also caused me to wonder if these same methods crossed the Atlantic Ocean with English immigrants. Likewise, it made me ponder where and how these torture methods were used in the colonies. Some years later, I was provided the opportunity to explore these questions when I was required to perform a research project for my masters degree at Arizona State University.…