and viewed the film clip(s). The intent of this paper is to display the scope of the question “what is reality?” in relation to Plato’s arguments in ‘The Republic’ and the theories and inferences put forth in the film ‘The Matrix’. I will discuss the extent to which reality may be more than what appears ‘real’ to us, and I will also address the logic behind the human desire for security through examination my own thought processes. In the Plato’s Cave scenario in The Republic, the prisoner who is
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Anh Nguyen PHI 111-112 Assignment #2 Essay 1: What is your belief about ultimate reality? In this position paper, the worldview that I find the most persuasive is metaphysical naturalism. I realized that I am a naturalist that believes the nature is all that exist. Therefore, that all things supernatural (including God, spirits, souls and non-natural values) do not exist. Naturalists hold that all minds, the contents, powers, and effect of minds that are entirely constructed from or caused by
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Simon Blackbum on Plato’s cave Plato was one of the followers of Socrates. The most famous dialogue called “The republic” describes his perfect world that is utopia. He believes that the physical world is illusion and knowledge is directed towards the good thing around the world. “Allegory of the cave ” found in the republic and appearances the theory of forms, that is explains life as composed of two worlds. The physical world is known thorough our experience or sense, and mental world is know
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MANAGEMENT THOUGHT TOPIC “What is important about any philosophy is not what is explains, but what it assumes”. Discuss this question critically and provide examples of assumptions which underpin Machiavellian & Platonic philosophies. In this paper I will discuss the assumptions which underpin Machiavellian & Platonic philosophies in reference to The Republic and The Prince. My position is that both Machiavallian and Plantonic philosophies make assumptions in exemplifying their notions. Machiavelli’s
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that has been proposed for hundreds of years by philosophers like Descartes and Plato. How is it possible that a Greek philosopher, a philosopher from the seventeenth century and the movie The Matrix can be so similar? It is the intent of this paper to compare and contrast these questions in relation to the movie The Matrix. The main thing that stands out for each one of these is the question of the reality of the world in which we live. Our sense of being is called into question in each of
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In Ayn Rand's novel Anthem, the author describes how a man's oppression can not contain Equalities desire for freedom much like The Cave. The claims are supported by Rand’s illustration of Equalities long journey to becoming an individual and likewise in The Cave. As the prisoner escapes the cave and enters the real world to discover what he thought of the world was not true. Rands purpose was to point out the flaws in society - (For the coming of that day shall i fight, I and my sons and my chosen
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Technology in the Classroom Technology is a very valuable tool in education. The Internet allows students and teachers to immediately access multiple sources of information related to any topic. In the past, students and teachers would have had to spend hours in libraries, or reading encyclopedias, to find information that they can now find in just a matter of a few minutes. While there is almost no doubt that technology is a wonderful tool for education, like all tools, it must be used responsibly
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enlightened, and attempts to convince the others to leave the cave with him. This illustrates that some people either do not want to know the truth, or that they choose the easy path. Sometimes knowing the truth can harm someone. Plato describes people that do not choose to leave their cave, saying, “I don’t see how they could see anything else…if they were compelled to keep their heads unmoving all their lives!” (Plato). The people in the cave looking at the shadows have grown up in that “ignorance
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Equality 7-2521 and John, the Savage, are imprisoned in a controlled experiment where they cannot exceed the structure of freedom created in the civilization. In Anthem’s setting it was a “sin to think words no others think and put them down upon paper no others are to see” because it was “base and evil”( Rand 1.1). Although there was no exact reason for restricting them of their intelligence, only a
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November 2015 Literary devices in “The Lottery” Literary devices are specific language techniques that are used in a text to make it clearer. Shirley Jackson author of infamous horror story, “The Lottery”, uses five literary devices such as symbolism, allegory, foreshadowing, theme and irony. Symbolism is the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities. This literary device is used most often throughout the short story to keep the suspenseful ending a surprise rather than a shock. Three main symbols
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