To better explain my view points on Plato's theory I will make use of the metaphoric "Divided Line" and the Analogy of the Cave. ... Sinaiko 154) The Analogy of the Cave puts into simple terms what Plato envisioned education to mean and how the process of education should take place. In the Analogy of the Cave, Plato portrays gaining knowledge of the forms by leaving the cave and going into the sunlight. ... All that they can see is the back wall of the cave. ... He would then venture a little further and make his way outside of the cave. ...

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This paper will examine Plato's theory on education as described in the Allegory of the Cave. ... Plato's Allegory of the cave, which is his theory on education that ultimately leads to enlightenment, starts off deep in a cave where there are prisoners chained to a wall by their neck and legs, forced to look forward. ... A prisoner getting released is the start of "turning the soul in the right direction" in Plato's Theory of Education. ... " This is what Plato's Theory of Education is, it's making the student think for himself, make him formulate his ow...

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Plato once said, "music is a moral law. ... According to Plato, early childhood matters the most for moral development. ... In essence, the allegory of the cave is equivalent to the conditioning used in a state that would be exposed to censorship. The idea of the prisoner who escapes from the cave is comparable to an individual who begins to question their previously held beliefs. ... This is an immediate link to the failing system of a censored state as it symbolizes being captured in a cave. ...

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One of those philosophers is Plato. ... He was taught by Socrates, one of the greatest philosophers according to Plato. ... Plato is know for his theory of the Cave, the platonic doctrine of forms and the Divided line (Sullivan 36). ... According to Plato the rational soul controls emotions. ... Aristotle agreed with Plato that emotions are controlled by the rational soul. ...

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This is shown best in "The Allegory of the Cave". In this writing which is a part of one of his most famous works "The Republic" Plato talks of some men who are tied down in a cave. ... "Like ourselves," the text reads, "... and they see only their shadows, or the shadows of one another, which the fire throws on the opposite wall of the cave?" ... Now it is pretty clear as to what it is that Plato hopes to get across to the audience. ... To Plato the perfect society was one in which the leaders were those of whom were awake. ...

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Socrates passed his knowledge onto Plato, who opened an Academy for philosophy and was responsible for teaching the great philosopher Aristotle. All three of these men are accountable for many of the philosophies that are still held today, such as Plato's Cave Theory, which shows how ignorance can control oneself for the worse. Plato's philosophy of the Divided Line was groundbreaking and led to such theories as Aristotle's philosophy of form and matter, which attempts to explain the reasoning of why things are what they are, for example, why a chair is called a chair and what...

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