Josh Morales Mrs. Dax American lit. 9/17/12 The Allegory of the Cave 1. The allegory of the cave is not just about a small group of people (specifically only the prisoners in the cave) but the majority of people everywhere. It’s about being stuck in something fiction since you were born and not being able to even have a thought about living differently because it’s all you’ve ever known. This allegory has a lot to do with psychological manipulation because the puppeteers have full control
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Plato’s story, Allegory of the Cave. Plato’s allegory revolves around one of three prisoners chained in a cave since childhood, whose reality is made up of only shadows. The prisoner is let out of the cave and forced to experience the real world and realizes the truth within the outside world. Another work that can be compared to Plato’s, Allegory of the Cave is Peter Weir’s film, The Truman Show. The Truman Show is essentially a modern, pop-culture version of
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The allegory of the cave is possibly the most famous allegory in philosophy. It is from Plato’s masterpiece The Republic and is the form of a parable. The point is to understand the effect that education or the lack of it has on human nature. So basically in the parable, there are a few prisoners who have always lived in a cave and are chained to the walls of the cave. They have no knowledge of the outside world. The cave is dark and damp and there is absolutely no natural light. Behind the prisoners
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In Plato’s Cave we learned that Plato had created this scene for contrasting those who depend solely on their senses and those who are able to distinguish the world in through the pure reason. “The Prisoner and the Escapee”. So in saying this mathematics is used based solely on reason and not relying on ones senses thus, providing some awareness between the realms “Form” caught up by the appearance. An example of this is in the case of 1+1=2 without doubting the work that is needed. Mathematics
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world with a very unique theory called Allegory of the Cave. The theory described “prisoners” living inside of a cave, only seeing what was placed directly in front of them; shadows. The shadows are the closest things that the prisoners get to seeing reality. Essentially, one prisoner escapes and discovers the outside world. He brings back his discoveries to tell the other prisoners, but they are too skeptical to believe that what he saw was the truth. Plato’s cave theory develops the thought that humans
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the Sun, Cave and Journey between Two Allegories Individuals will not know whether the life they are being presented with is the truth or a lie in which we are obligated to survive in. The reality in which each individual is living in probably seems like the truth but how do we really know whether it is the truth or what is shown. How does one know whether the reality seen or believed in is the true reality or what is being shown to the individual? The different symbols in the allegories are the
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Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” is a great piece of writing that serves as something very obvious; a dramatic comparison of what is reality and what we perceive to be reality. Although this is the case, some components of “Allegory of the Cave” cannot be identified as easy as the extended metaphor presented throughout the reading. One component that needs extra analyzing to identify is the allegory of the story, or its philosophical messages. Another component not easily identified is the frictional
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normal there are always hidden problems that if not realized can drastically fix your way of thinking. Two of these problems I will examined is advertisement and the use of social media as well as how it relates to Plato’s “The Allegory Cave.” In Plato’s “The Allegory of the Cave” the prisoners are all chained in one position looking only at the wall with light shining behind them that cast image on the wall in front of them. These shadow of puppeteers became their reality until one day one prisoner
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The Allegory of the Cave consists of a perspective on life and expanding his knowledge on the subject of humanity, life, and the world. Plato, the creator of the allegory, uses many rhetorical devices, style, and techniques. He metaphorically describes the society that is captured in fear and is hiding from the truth. Their ideal life in the cave where they are tied up and have only the view of the fire and the shadows coming from the world has now become their reality. The rhetorical devices that
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I think the story “The allegory of cave” is very interesting to discuss. The allegory was written by Plato who is considered the founder of Western philosophy and science which adviced people to find the nature of reality. I agree with Plato’s belief that people should free themselves to find truth and knowledge. To understand clearly, we must analyze what it means and compare it to modern life. In Plato’s story, the prisoners represent the people who believe the knowledge from what we see or hear
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Plato's Allegory of the Cave is not the peachiest vision or outlook on the reality of human existence. Some even might perceive it as down right bleak so to speak: it envisions the world as an isolated and dark cave, human beings as confined as prisoners, and all of our experiences as nothing but just mere shadows on a wall. Plato was one of the more profound philosophers in history. What he was saying was that we as humans do not really know what reality is thus we must become educated and remain
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Summary of Plato, The allegory of the Cave As I read The Allegory of the Cave you can compare it to things that we go through as adults. As our lives progress over year, our upbringing can dictate for how we ultimately live our lives. It can mean that your family pronounced a word a certain way, that mean you may very well pronounce the word the same way. After getting feedback from classmates and analyzing this piece, I realize that Socrates messages were simple. Socrates way of thinking made
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The Allegory of the Cave is presented by the Greek philosopher, Plato. He wrote this in his book, the Republic, to compare the effect of education to the lack of experiences. In his allegory, the cave consisted of prisoners, a fire, puppets, and puppeteers. The prisoners would see a shadow projected onto the wall, which the puppeteers would control using the puppets. The prisoners were unable to tell that the shadows were merely puppets. The way each person would see the shadow was different; this
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Teila Toli The Allegory of the Cave In the Allegory of the Cave, Plato tells a story of prisoners chained in a cave since birth, where their eyes are forcefully fixed upon a wall in front of them. On the wall, shadows of images are casted upon it from the objects that appear behind them. Since this is the only thing they have been permitted to see, this is the only reality they understand. Therefore, when one of the prisoners escapes to the surface, he is blinded and astonished by the new
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The Film 19 Oct 2013 “Allegory of the Cave” The essence of the myth is a hypothetical script portrayed by Plato in the form of an enlightening conversation between Socrates and his brother, Glaucon. Plato uses the allegory of the cave to demonstrate the life and death of Socrates in which we perceive and believe in what is reality. He begins with the describing a dark cave where prisoners who have been forced to look straight ahead by having their legs and neck fastened. The prisoners
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thinker is it requires people to gain knowledge and consider all possibilities. This is well demonstrated in “Allegory of the Cave”. When Socrates says; “And if they were able to converse with one another, would they not suppose that they were naming what was actually before them?”(1). Glaucon, responds with an immediate, certain answer. Socrates, who presents him with the story about this allegory, is trying to turn his student into a critical thinker by giving him new information to try to give him different
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In “The Allegory of the Cave,” there are these men that have been bound by a chain, in a cave for as long as they can remember. They are faced to where their backs are towards the only source of light there is, a simple fire in the center. They can’t look either side but straight ahead. Behind the fire is wall, where statues stand, and are moved by people. And because of this, it cast shadows across the wall and the prisoners see that. They see stories being told from the shadows and since they have
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The Allegory of The Cave Junwoo Lee THEO 190 003 SP15 This work written by Plato tells us about the theoretical environment, which is supposedly happening in a cave. Since a very young childhood, a group of prisoners have been held and bound by tight chains designed to prevent them from turning their head around so that they could not see the source of what is happening in front of their very eyes, which is their observable and perceivable reality. The world of shadows, which in fact, is performed
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in the eternal, that it is unchanging and needs to be grasped to understand to truth of life and the world. Plato’s story in Book VII really helps to reader understand what exactly he is trying to explain. He tells a story about the Allegory of the Cave and in the cave Plato talks about prisoners who sit in the dark and watches the shadows on the wall to be told what the “truth” is on the outside world. They are not to turn around or look side to side; just straight ahead If the prisoners could turn
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Sarah Carlson Mr. Kennett Intro to Philosophy 18 February 2015 Allegory of the Cave Philosophy. Why is it that when people hear this word they don’t know what to say? Is it really that hard to come up with a definition? Do most of us just not understand what this particular field of study really is? Or is it because Philosophy is what we think it is? Philosophy can defined as so many different things but only our own personal experiences help us figure out what it truly is. Philosophy is about our
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THE ALLEGORY OF THE CAVE The following is an excerpt from Plato’s dialogue called “The Republic.” In this section of the dialogue called the “Allegory of the Cave,” Socrates creates an allegory to help illustrate his theory of knowledge. “Now then,” Socrates said, “let me tell you a story about ignorance and education which will explain the condition of man’s nature. Imagine that there is an underground cave with a long entrance open
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Plato’s Allegory of the Cave was to convey the message of how we as humans are ignorant towards the reality that is set forth us. The dark cave and the light of the outside is used as a metaphor between the truth of reality and the boons of a shallow view within the darkness of the narrow cave. The darkness is the beginning stage of how you are trapped at first, but then you can eventually find your way out to experience the new world. The prisoners trapped inside the cave had nowhere to escape,
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Comprehending the Mind's Aging Eye "The Allegory of the Cave," by Plato, explains that people experience emotional and intellectual revelations throughout different stages in their lives. This excerpt, from his dialogue The Republic, is a conversation between a philosopher and his pupil. The argument made by this philosopher has been interpreted thousands of times across the world. My own interpretation of this allegory is simple enough as Plato expresses his thoughts as separate stages.
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The Allegory depicts prisoners trapped in a cave who have only ever seen the shadows of images. These shadows, displayed on a wall, are controlled by puppeteers who fool the prisoners into believing the shadows are the true objects. When a prisoner is released, he is dragged into
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Is our reality limited by the ignorance we possess? Two short stories that talks about the barrier of reality and what we perceive of reality are Plato’s Allegory of the Cave and Amanda Coyne’s Mother’s Day in Federal Prison. The Allegory of the Cave explains how cave prisoners are chained up forced to face forward ever since they were born. They are exposed to a light and a fire that a puppeteer is creating shadows that seems to create images like other people, animals, shapes and etc. This brings
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I have chosen to compare the Allegory Cave to The Madman for two reasons. The first being given with a set of quotes. To begin with, this section of the Allegory Cave is a perfect example of what the “madman’s” experience was with the towns people. Even the very act of him being called such a name shows us the similarity. “And if there were a contest, and he had to compete in measuring the shadows with the prisoners who had never moved out of the cave, while his sight was still weak, and before
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they should be in charge, then they are probably just power hungry and not actually a good ruler. When someone is not ruling for just power, then they are able to see how they can productively work to maintain power. Works such as the Apology, Allegory of the Cave, and Prince show and tell the readers the how to become good ruler, and how to maintain being one. A good ruler is a ruler that can be deceiving, fierce like a lion, sly like a fox, and be feared but not hated. A good ruler needs to be able
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In the article “The Allegory of the Cave,” the author Plato emphasizes the importance and necessity to achieve a higher understanding, rather than remaining in ignorance. The story starts as a conversation between his brother and mentor. The mentor, Socrates, begins to describe a group of people who have lived their entire lives chained to a wall facing the back end of a cave. The prisoners are bound by chains on their necks which makes them unable to look around the cave. Behind the prisoners is
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In Plato’s Allegory of the cave he talks about prisoners that a chained and had lived their whole lives in a cave. The only life the come to know is silhouettes that were casted in front of them due to their being a fire behind them on an altar. These shadows are the only part of the universe they perceived and in their point of view the only object that existed. One of the slaves was set free to see the universe and become enlightened but the slave after seeing the truth decides to go back to the
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I belive the the "plato's allegory of the cave" was a sequals almost to the "apology" when he talks about people being chained to ceritan ideas and fasle images, seems as though he describes how plato saw soicety was chained souls not knowing better and prisoned only by what they think they see and understand. He talks about how if one of these prisoners were realsed and forced to see "the light" after being kept in the dark, which I assume Plato meant the "truth" of it all being kept from the truth
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