It is hard to take in the mind of a great philosopher. ... The ideas of these two philosophers both mirror and oppose each other in varying degrees. ... The purpose of this writing was to bring about enlightenment. ... The main area of agreement comes when both philosophers convey, it is the enlightened people's place to carry on their knowledge to others. ... Their aid in seeking personal enlightenment could be anyone or anything and come from any of the various methods. ...

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He is talking to Glaucon and is telling a story to show what it is like to be a philosopher or a lover of wisdom. ... The next stage is the most complex stage, its going from the thought stage to the enlightenment stage. ... They have to have a complete understanding, comprehend everything, and be able to defend everything about it to reach this enlightenment. ... The sun was the enlightenment of the freed prisoner. Accomplishing enlightenment illustrates all understanding once it is understood; complete knowledge was achieved. ...

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During the Enlightenment, Rene Descartes introduced reductionism as the one of the most powerful instruments of science. ... The Enlightenment sought to give people free thought and cast away the boundaries set forth by religion and civil authority. Philosophers such as Descartes, Francis Bacon and Marquis de Condorcet stressed knowledge and unifying that knowledge. ...

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In the 17th century, philosophers René Descartes and John Locke challenged the idea of knowledge and its origin. ... Locke asserts that innate ideas, if they do exist, must be universally agreed upon and known to the mind without any enlightenment or "activation....

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This is a metaphor for the man who does not transcend to the world of enlightenment. ... In Socrates" perfect society, the rulers will be true philosophers, and will be raised in an atmosphere that breeds this type of synthesis. ...

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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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