Plato's work "The Allegory of the Cave", a selection from his text "The Republic", is the strongest example of the use of philosophical views in The Matrix. ... The movie The Matrix parallels Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" in a number of ways. ... The concept of the matrix in the movie is much like Plato's concept of the underground cave in his story. ... Like Plato's character, Neo much make the choice between what world he will accept. ... Although Plato's selection "Allegory of the Cave" from "The Republic" is not the only philosophical concept available in the ...

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Plato's work "The Allegory of the Cave", a selection from his text "The Republic", is the strongest example of the use of philosophical views in The Matrix. ... The movie The Matrix parallels Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" in a number of ways. ... The concept of the matrix in the movie is much like Plato's concept of the underground cave in his story. ... Like Plato's character, Neo much make the choice between what world he will accept. ... Although Plato's selection "Allegory of the Cave" from "The Republic" is not the only philosophical concept available in the ...

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The Matrix In Plato's Republic the Allegory of the Cave is a story, which is very similar to the storyline of Matrix. ... Neo resembles the ex-prisoner in Plato's Republic because for one they are both prisoners their whole life. ... "A common theme in Plato is how we mostly deal with images in life-(Ross). ... In terms of Plato's ideas the real world would be the Matrix... Morpheus's description of the Matrix to Neo echoes these images of Plato's cave. ...

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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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