The Matrix‚ “The Allegory of the Cave‚” and “The Meditations on First Philosophy‚” readings all seem to have one common thread. These are still the age old questions that remains unanswered‚ “Am I real‚” “is the world real‚” “is anything real?” These questions or state of mind has been asked and answered by so many people beyond these readings that it is overwhelmingly‚ one of the largest subjects not only in philosophy‚ but also in non-fiction‚ fiction and science fiction writings. Writers have
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references to Plato’s Allegory of the cave in The Matrix‚ it swirls together Plato’s ideas with a realistic feel. The things that are most clear in The Matrix that relate back to the Allegory of the cave are‚ the forms‚ the blinding soon‚ the escaped prisoner‚ the fire‚ and the idea that the prisoners were living under a blank of lies. The connection between Plato’s work and the work of The Matrix is too strong for it to be unintentional. In Plato’s ideas of the Allegory of the cave‚ the forms play
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At the beginning of the allegory‚ the “theory of forms” is also introduced. This theory states that the “existence of a level of reality inhabited by ideal “forms” of all things and concepts”(Plato pg1) indicating that there is a form to any object‚ Adding as well that all forms will be eternal and unchanging but they tend to inhabit changeable matter in the temporal world. Plato considers the realm of forms to be always eternal and unchanging however; the world we inhabit is a constantly changing
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TOK Essay The Allegory of the Cave and The Matrix 03 December 2010 Many people think that what we know is not really what is real. This idea is shown through the story of The Allegory of the Cave and the movie‚ The Matrix. Both the movie and the story are similar (it is said that The Matrix is based on The Allegory) and the main plots of the two can be compared. In The Allegory of the Cave‚ the people are chained up by their legs and necks in a cave from an early age‚ facing a wall. From
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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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an artificially created belief. This is the idea that the movie Matrix‚ with its main character Neo‚ and Plato’s Allegory of the Cave‚ with the slaves‚ try to present as they question our perception of reality. In both publications‚ human beings live their lives experiencing what for them is reality until some of them are able to see reality and realize that all their lives were based on illusions. The Matrix and Plato’s Allegory of the Cave are very similar for both involve men who live unreal lives
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The Matrix‚ a 1999 film created by The Wachowskis‚ and Plato’s Allegory of the Cave‚ a philosophical story written during 560 BC‚ both introduce thought provoking questions. These include: “Are we living in the real world or an illusion of the real world?” and “What is reality?” The Matrix is a sci-fi action film that attracts modern viewers who can relate to the main character‚ Neo. The film is about how the world that Neo thinks is real‚ is only just an illusion. Similarly‚ The Allegory of the
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Plato’s classic The Allegory of the Cave and seminal science-fiction film The Matrix at first glance seem to have nothing in common. The first is written and set in the ancient times‚ revolving around Socrates telling his follower Glaucon about chained prisoners in a primitive cave watching shadow puppets lighted by a fire burning at the cave’s opening. The latter is a futuristic story set in a world controlled by artificial-intelligent computers that created the Matrix‚ a virtual world programmed
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REAL OR NOT REAL? After reading Meditation 1 Of the Things Which We May Doubt‚ A synopsis of The Matrix‚ and Plato’s The Allegory of the Cave I am convinced that each one of these writings was wrote by the same person. The Matrix is completely about being in a world that is not real‚ kind of like being in a dream like state. Descartes’s meditation is about basically the same thing‚ but trying figure out what is real and what is not. Descartes’s talks about awaking from a dream and then going
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Plato‚ Descartes‚ and The Matrix Anthony Albizu Phil 201 Liberty University Coming to the realization that your entire life is all an illusion would be frightening‚ painful‚ and hard to believe. This is the main concept of the movie‚ The Matrix. The main character‚ Neo‚ is told that the world he has been living in is nothing more than a simulation controlled by a computer program. After being told this information‚ Neo‚ being apprehensive at first‚ has to then decide what he will do;
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