research). I was about to relate this to the main theme of “The Allegory of the Cave” (The Allegory of the Cave page 25). As Dr. Wilson stated, research isn’t easy and we discovered that discovering the truth isn’t easy either. Plato’s main point is that the ultimate truth (the sun) is hard to look at. This means that discovering the truth isn’t easy but we cannot stay “in the cave” and continue to be ignorant. We must explore outside of our “caves” and be willing to leave this “darkness.” Dr. Wilson compared
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Plato's allegory of the cave is a story about a group of prisoners that are chained down in a dark cave. What they are prisoned for who knows, but they have been prisoner's to this dark cave since they can remember. The only light visible to them is at the mouth of the cave. The prisoner's of the cave are Plato's analogy of uneducated people who lack common sense. People who live in a world of imagination and illusion, not knowing what's real and what isn't. What Plato states as the, “ignorance of
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The day the earth shook : 5000 people died. Less people died in north ridge. Los angeles: earthquake hits with magnitude 6.7 * 57 people died. Big city earthquake will happen again but will not cause massive loss. City of kobe: 5400 deaths many fires started around the city which burnt the whole city down. Water tanks even became empty and could not take out all the fires. Homes were made out of mud and straw at the bottom and tiled ceilings and roofs which collapsed when the hurricane
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Doctrine of Forms, even though there was never a clear explanation for its existence; but his student Aristotle did offer various arguments for it. Plato knew that his doctrine never made sense; however, he created an analogy and called it the Allegory of the Cave which supports what he stood for in regard to common sense as well as embodying his doctrine. Socrates was an intelligent man, who loved philosophy and challenging the people who he lived around. His main goal was to achieve understanding
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is always better than a well dressed lie; however, the naked truth may not always be the easiest thing to hear. Finding truth can be a tedious task or an emotional roller coaster to those who are blind(687) to it. Plato discusses this in his Allegory of a Cave. Most people would rather just distance themselves from the truth than to risk finding it; however, it is better to find truth before a big surprise. There are many reasons why few people search for truth and that is because of their narrow-mindedness
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just be a figment of our (or someone else’s) imagination. However, this fear is not a purely modern/postmodern concern; the idea that we aren’t fully aware of the real world was present in the ancient philosophy of Plato, specifically with the Allegory of the Cave. In modern philosophy, this school of thought,
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Characters from Platos’ Apology and Allegory of the Cave and Voltaire’s Story of a Good Brahmin will be compared and contrasted in this composition. In addition, a view into the attitudes of these characters reveals our pursuit and frustration while seeking truth. Ultimately, these stories provide an introspect to who we are individually and challenges within our society. The levels of interest, complexity, and diversity these stories afford are similar to good advise from a close friend. In short
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Ray Bradbury based this best selling novel heavily on Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. Parallels can be drawn between many of the characters in the two literary works. Montag has an especially strong connection to Plato’s Allegory, in that he is very similar to the hero. Montag is related to the hero in that he wants to help others out of the cave, resists returning to the cave, and is ridiculed and even persecuted for being out of the cave. When Montag comes up with the idea of sharing his books with
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to answer in their respective works “Allegory Of The Cave” for Plato and The Matrix trilogy from the Wachowski siblings. In both works, they show us that the road to knowledge from ignorance is fraught with struggle yet does not end once you achieve
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A Change Of Perspective “The Allegory of the Cave” and The Light of the Darkness are two stories that directly correlate. They present the issue of why illusions overtake humanity as well as what happens when they do. The stories here each present an illusion and the characters grasp to it firmly, but the reality of the situation is that the characters have been misled. Both stories exemplify and display how change affects individuals and those around them. They also explore the reasons why illusions
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