| Plato, Descartes, and the Matrix After obtaining knowledge from the Matrix, Plato's Allegory of the Cave or The Republic and the first Mediation from Descartes, I see that there are a few likenesses and contrasts. I would need to say that The Matrix and Plato's hole purposeful tale were more comparable because the individuals included in both stories, they existed in this present reality where they were being cheated about what the fact of the matter was. In the Matrix, once Neo saw this
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Karolina Dymon Response 2 Oedipus the King Aristotle, In the play Oedipus the King, the city of Thebes is under a plague and many people are dying. Kreon, Oedipus’s brother in law ventures to find an oracle to get some answers on how he can help the city. He finds out that the only way the plague can be stopped is when the murderer of the late King Laius is caught and expelled from the city. King Oedipus vows that he will catch the murderer and help his city. Oedipus sends for a prophet and
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experiences to gain different knowledge of one’s self; such as the person in Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave”. The one person who decided to go out beyond the cave, seen things for himself and that the others in the cave only seen as shadows (phantoms). The man in the cave stepped out into this new world, blinded at first by sunlight but had an eye opening experience. The sun, gave him insight to what is blind in the cave. Once he gained the knowledge, he decided to share this with others to pass down this
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“Why are we where we are?” people ask. Well, I’m here in this world because I was meant to be. I am here in this school because it was my choice to come here and I am a freshman because I worked hard, studied, did all my work and put a lot of effort into my future. When I came to the US, I did not know any English. However, I did not want to give up. I was very motivated and determined to prove to my family that I can be someone. Perhaps, I didn't give my all just to school but I know that where
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keep their bodies alive. Human beings are actually unconscious, therefore they are controlled by the machine. Because of this, what we see or do today happens because we are programmed into a computer simulation called Matrix. From Plato’s allegory, we see it when Socrates described men’s nature being as prisoners since childhood; being chained inside a cavern not being able to move their heads, but only looking. When one of the prisoners was released and was given the opportunity to see the
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Emerson’s Unifying Philosophy Throughout human existence, scholars have earnestly pursued knowledge and the attainment of truth. Historical figures such as Plato, Descartes, and Emerson sought answers to daunting questions of: ‘What is truth?’; ‘What is reality?’; ‘How is wisdom acquired?’ Many scholars believe these philosophers presented conflicting viewpoints: Plato encouraging skepticism among all previous historical, cultural, and personal perspectives; Descartes questioning definitions of
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unconscious hooked up to a giant computer, living their lives virtually through a software program called “The Matrix”. Neo discovers that everything he has ever known was a lie. In Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” we see Socrates discussing with Glaucon a hypothetical situation where some people are prisoners in a cave. They are positioned so they cannot move their bodies or their heads. All they can see are images on a wall and all they can hear are echoes. To them it is their reality, it is all they
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preserve the rulers’ contentment. I disagree with this specific interpretation for a few different reasons. First and foremost, Socrates speaks on how highly valued education is. Socrates presents “The Allegory of the Cave”, and how a leader would need to metaphorically “be dragged out of a cave as far as possible” to rule efficiently. I believe a ruler, with all of the education provided, would understand the importance of their leadership and would place that above possessions and/or wealth. They
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The Puppeteers of The Truman Show In The Truman Show, Truman, and to an extent the residents of Seahaven, are under the control of Christof and the viewers. Like the the prisoners in Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave,” Truman believes his reality is the true reality. Despite the actors and the illegitimacy of Seahaven, Truman does not know anything else, must like the prisoners only know the shadows on the wall. When Truman begins to realize the fraudulence of his world, he begins his journey to enlightenment
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The world we live in is most certainly real, discordant, and unharmonious so we tend to make disillusioned realities in our minds as a means of survival. Plato’s writing suggested that the perception of the prisoner’s reality of the cave was deception of what reality is like and the light that personified the truth; the prisoners were blinded by fallaciousness of their own silhouettes of observations. In the Bible it states that the truth will always reveal itself in the darkness and that’s exactly
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