Fantasy vs. Reality In the allegory of the cave, Plato describes the human perception of fantasy and reality. The story is about these prisoners who have lived in the darkness of an underground den since childhood. They are chained so that they cannot see themselves or the real world above them; all they can see are shadows on the wall in front of them. Somehow, a prisoner escapes the underground den and heads towards the light. At first, the light blinds him and he is unable to see anything
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Nakai Sinohui Evaluation The difference between appearance and reality plays a huge part of how we evaluate life. Many things take advantage of this difference for survival in the wild, for food, and for domination of new territory. Around World War II era the United Stated sent a battalion of soldiers, tanks and Humvees to breech Hitler’s territory. As his men focused all of their weapons and manpower on this 26th Platoon another battalion snuck around Hitler’s forces and took the town from behind
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In Plato's "The Allegory of the Cave," Socrates tells an allegory of the hardship of understanding reality. Socrates compares a prisoner of an underground cave who is exploring a new world he never knew of to people who are trying to find a place of wisdom in reality. According to Socrates, most people tend to rely on their senses too much and believe the world as it is appeared to our sight. In order to free our souls from this mental prison, Socrates suggests that we should go through a phase
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of coming out the cave and so they end up staying in the same place in life, not growing, not living, and more importantly, they aren’t increasing their knowledge. As for those who have more audacity, they walk out of the cave and gain knowledge, allowing them to grow and expand. I have never been hit so hard with knowledge in my schooling years and it completely mind-blown me to learn such a fascinating concept. I will never forget what Plato had created, the Allegory of the Cave because I love literature
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Compare and contrast the Matrix with the readings from Plato and Descartes. What are their similarities and differences? It is important to note that Plato, the Allegory of the Cave, the Matrix, and Rene Descartes all question the validity of our sense perception. Plato, Allegory of the Cave, picture men as prisoner dwelling in cave bound with chain and can only see the shadow on the wall and not able to move” ( Plato, The Republic, Book VII, 514AI-518D8 ). Descartes, “suppose we are dreaming
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foreboding nature of Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” makes the work seem a bit dramatic when compared to Kate Chopin’s The Awakening. Nonetheless, the two pieces of literature are remarkably similar; both stories feature a protagonist who takes a journey from the darkness of ignorance towards the light of truth. In the beginning of The Awakening, Edna Pontellier is a traditional wife and mother. At this stage, she is just like the prisoners in “Allegory of the Cave”, along with everyone else in
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The Illusion of Reality: A Comparison of The Matrix and Plato’s Cave The poet Thomas Gray coined the phrase “Ignorance is bliss.” The phrase states that a lack of knowledge results in happiness and that people are more comfortable if they don’t know something. We can apply this phrase to utopias and dystopias and get this scenario: imagine living in a utopic society isolated from the true dystopic world. Would you want to know that you are living a false life and that the true world around you
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Plato’s Allegory of the Cave presents a dialogue between Glaucon and Socrates that discusses human awareness simultaneously with human ignorance. Plato concludes that humans think and act on assumption, rather than knowledge. In Allegory of the Cave, Plato argues knowledge gained through sight is an opinion of an individual’s imagination, and in order to find the holistic truth and education, an individual has to rely on more than just sight. The Allegory of the Cave divides man into two groups:those
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Sean McLean Economics 3 November 2015 The Allegory of the Cave Plato's ideas in The Republic were truly revolutionary, and far more advanced than anyone during his time had heard. In book seven, the allegory of the cave is introduced. This is one of the most talked about ideas in philosophy. This allegory is Plato's way of showing the effect of education on the souls of humans. A group of people have been stuck in a cave since their birth. Their necks, and legs are bound by chains, so that they
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divided into Noesis or understanding and Dianoia or thought. For example, in Plato's allegory of the Cave, when he is outside cave and seeing the forms then recognize the truth. For the right opinion, it is divided Pistis or belief and Eikasia or Imagination. In the allegory of the cave, the belief refers to when he see objects in the cave, and the imagination refers to when he sees the shadow on the wall inside the cave and hear an echo. Secondly, the epistemological, It is the study of the evidence
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