THE CAVE The "Myth of The Cave", written by Plato had a very profound impact on the world, philosophically speaking. ... Plato puts the world into two categories, The World of Senses and The World of Ideas. ... The second "world" that Plato speaks of is The World of Senses. ... Plato's message behind the story was this; " the relationship between the darkness of the cave and the world beyond corresponds to the relationship of the forms of the natural world and the world of ideas." Not only did the story, "The Myth of The Cave" further explain what Plato meant by The World of Senses ...

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Plato is considered one of the greatest philosophers in history. His "Allegory of the Cave" gives us great insight into the human condition. ... Plato's cave has several such symbols, as well as some that are not so obvious. ... The prisoners in the cave represent humanity. ... The only noises the prisoners hear are echoed off the cave wall. ...

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In my essay, I will discuss how Plato's Allegory of the Cave shows his philosophical views on reality versus imagination, and what they need to do to reach this clarification. ... Plato's mentor was Socrates, as he uses him in the Allegory of the Cave. ... The Allegory of the cave is a way of explaining what Plato is trying to get across to people by looking at appearance versus reality, and the steps leading to reality. ... Plato's cave has people who are uneducated on theory of forms, chained, unable to move their heads or limbs, facing the wall. ... Plato does a great job usi...

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Plato believes society faces an ignorance problem. ... " In his theory of Allegory of the Cave he refers the sun as knowledge, what makes things visible is therefore leading us to what is real. The shadows in the cave are reflections our minds make us believe not necessarily true. The darkness of cave is enabling us to be able to know the "real" world and the darker it is the less we see. ... What we make ourselves believe inside the cave makes us believe this is normal. ...

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In "The Myth of the Cave" Plato describes a scene with people living in a cave. These people are chained up by their feet and neck so that they are unable move or turn their heads: all they know and see in their life is displayed as shadows on the cave wall in front of them. ... In his essay, Plato uses Socrates as his persona, or his character, to get the point across to his readers. ... He is, somewhat, making fun of those who are still living in the dark or "in the cave" so to speak; but he's doing it in more of a sympathetic kind of way. ... Plato generalized the entire society as ...

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I believe Plato is saying that one who is enlightened has the mind to laugh at one coming from the darkness because this person coming from the darkness will soon be enlightened being able to see what he was unable to see in the darkness. On the other hand Plato is saying the unenlightened man cannot laugh at the enlightened man coming from the light back into the darkness because he has not seen the light. ... I agree with the "Allegory of the cave" because one who is enlightened contains the knowledge that he could not while in the darkness. ... Referring to Plato's observation I bel...

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This paper will use Plato's "Allegory of the Cave", to demonstrate the validity of both philosophies on man's reasoning and his ability to gain knowledge. In his "Allegory of the Cave", Plato depicts man as a prisoners who have lived in a cave since birth and only sees shadows. ... The problem I see is that Plato has created a false world in the cave and then tries to apply his results to the real world. More importantly, Plato says that if one escapes the cave and finds truth, he should come back and spread the truth. ... Hume would reach the same conclusions a...

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Socrates quest for justice was written in the form of a dialogue by his student Plato, in Plato's Republic. ... In Plato's ideal society justice ruled. ... The Allegory of the cave can be related to the tripartide state. The condition of mankind can be illustrated by thinking of a group of prisoners in a cave. ... The four reforms that Plato feels are needed are: The Equality of Women- Plato realizes that the most knowledgible person could possibly be a woman. ...

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Stretching Our Horizons Comparing and contrasting Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" with Paulo Freire's "Pedagogy of the Oppressed" is a complex example of comparing bananas with tangerines. ... Plato was a student of Socrates and though the writing of "Allegory of the Cave" is all his own the basis for his ideas came from none other than his own teacher. The teacher you see is one half of the great element in Plato's epiphany. ... It is said that in this particular work, "Plato described symbolically the predicament in which mankind finds itself and proposes a way of salvation...

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Socrates was a sort of bridge to Plato and Aristotle. ... This is a very important idea as Plato continues with the Republic. Plato writes of the analogy of the line and the cave. ... By imagination, Plato means shadows and reflections. ... Just as Plato was a student of Socrates, Aristotle was a student of Plato. ...

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