Plato's Republic - The Three Great Analogies The Allegory of the Cave, like most things in philosophy, can be interpreted in many different ways. ... Plato says that to the prisoners, reality is only the shadows thrown onto the wall. ... Plato believed there was a "true Idea of Justice". ... Imagining, here in Plato's world, is seen as "true reality". Plato considered shadows, art and poetry, what you see is not necessarily what you get. ...

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Plato's most famous writings include the "Republic", where we can learn about his beliefs including ethics, political philosophy, moral psychology, epistemology, and metaphysics. ... Plato's focus was on the idea of a thing as its highest reality. ... Plato believes society faces an ignorance problem. ... " Plato says the solution to the problem in society is education. His educational thought is his portrayal of the ideal society in The Republic. ...

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-(Plato's Republic, Book vii, 518) No scheme of human life was so important to Plato as education. ... Spartan Influence on Plato's Scheme of Education: In his scheme of education Plato was greatly influenced by Spartan system of education. ... Plato's Theory of Education: Plato sees in education the only true way to the permanent stability of the state. ... He expresses in Republic that the whole function of education is not to put knowledge into the soul, & to do so by directing it to the right objects. ... However education in the Republic is exclusively meant for those...

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Plato's Allegory of the Cave is Book VII in his much larger work, The Republic. The Allegory of the Cave is a conversation between Socrates and Glaucon, the former telling us what he believes about reality and how we have a false interpretation of reality. It is an extended metaphor full of symbolis...

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Plato was a philosopher who believed in higher education and was curios about the way humans learned. Socrates was Plato's mentor who had a major influence on Plato's life. Therefore, it led Plato to writing The Republic. In here, Plato stresses his belief in the search for truth, and reality, instead of choosing ignorance. ... Plato has the released prison reach to a level of "higher being" when he is able to reason clearly and understand reality. ...

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A&P: A Philosophical Comparison Sammy's story is a coming of age story, not unlike Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" in a modern light. ... In Plato's allegory "And suppose once more, that he is reluctantly dragged up a steep and rugged ascent, and held fast until he 's forced into the presence of the sun himself, is he not likely to be pained and irritated? ... Sammy begins to realize he can not live this way and like Plato states "Better to be the poor servant of a poor master, and to endure anything, rather than think as they do and live after...

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The Matrix of Man, Technology, and Reality And how the program for The Matrix Was written hundreds of years ago Introduction: What is the Matrix? Which pill will you take; will it be the red one or the blue? Will you choose the blissfulness of ignorance, or will you see how far down the rabbit hole goes? This is a question you need to answer, when you decide to dive into the philosophy of the Matrix, one of the biggest blockbuster film trilogies, joining notable other such film trilogies as Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Terminator, and Star Trek. The Matrix although it has the ability...

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