Cave paintings have been a mystery to many people ever since their discovery‚ causing many different theories about why our ancestors went into the caves to create their art. An early theory was that it was just art for art’s sake. It was just something to pass the time and had no meaning. Others believe that the paintings were made by Shamans. The Shaman is the spiritual leader of the people and he would have went in the caves for spiritual guidance. Since our ancestors were hunters and gatherers
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Allegory of the Cave is a dialog between Socrates and Gloucon in The Republic written by Plato. Plato’s Allegory of the Cave‚ Socrates depicts a long‚ dark cave with a small opening that allows a small amount of light to enter. Inside the cave there group of prisoners‚ who have been in the cave for their entire lives. The prisoners legs and necks are chained to the cave floor so they are unable to move and can only look forward at the cave wall. At the back of the cave there is a fire that they are
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The "Allegory of the cave " by Plato discusses a theory Plato has regarding perception. Plato believes that the people held in the cave a certain perspective on looking at the world. He also argues that perception is nothing more of an opinion and in order to test its certainty philosophy must be involved. Because opinions are not the actual truth‚ we must gain truth through philosophy. The cave represents how people gain knowledge through their senses. Plato uses the cave to illustrate that people
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Republic. In his example‚ known as the “Allegory of the Cave”‚ Plato uses an allegorical cave to show how humans are uncomfortable when exposed to the truth and that they are manipulated by higher authorities. In their 1999 motion picture The Matrix‚ the Wachowski brothers use a computer program to display similar ideals of Plato’s allegory‚ including how humans are controlled and negatively react to the truth. Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” serves as a philosophical basis to The Matrix‚ as both
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“Parable of the Sun‚ Myth of the Cave and Divided Line” have become very popular to the world. So popular that it has an impact on the movie industry‚ the stories are hidden in some movies. More movies depict the stories” The Divided Line and The Myth of the Cave “ rather than “The Parable of the Sun.” The movie‚ eXistenZ‚ is an example of “The Myth of the Cave and The Divided Line”‚ since the stories are very similar. The movie has many similarities to “The Myth of the Cave”‚ but can correlate better
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imagination‚ which allows them to accept what they seen in their daily life. Human without education in the lowest state of learning is like the prisoners have been in the cave since childhood. Darkness in the cave is relates to the initial stage of education that blocking the prisoners from gaining knowledge. In the story‚ “Allegory of the Cave”‚ Socrates‚ who is a mentor to Plato‚ mentions‚ “The people have been in this dwelling since childhood‚ shackled by the legs and necks. Thus they stay in the same
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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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Robbers Cave Experiment Jamie Allen Drake University Abstract Robbers Cave experiment was completed by Muzafer Sherif in order to question whether groups are able to work together for a common goal for the whole group. Muzafer showed us through 3 stages a) In group formation b) Friction phase c) integration stage. This experiment was made up of 22 Caucasian middle class boys who shared similar backgrounds coming from a two parent home and protestant background. The boys were complete strangers
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Republic. In this story entitled "The Allegory of the Cave‚" he describes a dark underground cave where a group of people are sitting in one long row with their backs to the cave’s entrance. Chained to their chairs from an early age‚ all the humans can see is the distant cave wall in from of them. The shadows of statues held by unseen puppet handlers’ reflect on the walls from the light of a fire that is also out of sight of those in the cave. The theme of the allegory is that their reality is a
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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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