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. ... He tells about prisoners who have been chained since childhood in a cave. ... The cave is the "sight world", where both the sight of truth and the sight of untruth exists. ... They are trapped in the part of the cave where untruth, or unreality exists. ...

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This is the basic premise for Plato's Allegory of the Cave, in which prisoners sit in a cave, chained down, watching images cast on the wall in front of them. ... Accordingly, to break free, we must open our eyes and see the truth about the world around us according to Plato. The truth for Oedipus being that he is a prisoner of his own beliefs just as the men were prisoners of the cave. ... In "Allegory of the Cave" Plato alludes to a direct representation of the human condition of typical behaviors in society. ... In the context of "Allegory of the Cave," Oedipus can be compared to the...

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Thinking is understanding but not quite what Plato would dub perfect knowledge. ... According to Plato, reality does not change. ... Plato's basic theory is that an idea is more real than an instance of that idea. This theory is represented by the cave in Plato's Allegory of the Cave. The cave represents the world of appearances, of illusion, of ignorance, and of change. ...

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I can most relate to Bacons Idol of the Cave. ... This cave is a reference to one's mind and the education they receive is based in their own wants. ... I have been interested in some other education and when I started learning about Bacon and Plato my "former fancies" distorted my image of what bacon was really trying to say. All of these Idols I have seen within my life but the cave is the one that sticks out the most. ... Just from writing this paper I have gained a since of knowledge and realize how big of a role the Idols of the Cave effect my own living style. ...

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