In the "Allegory of the Cave," Plato illustrates, how mankind is unable to see the truth and implies that if we rely on our ideas and perceptions to know the truth about existence then we will know very little about it. ... In front of the fire is a partial wall next to the wall are people moving puppets and creating a shadow of the puppets, (Plato 211). ... What Plato is trying to tell us is that we have two kinds of visions or eyes, the bodily eye and the mind's eye. ... The Great Greek philosopher Plato wrote the "Allegory of the cave" in a dialogue form, it was wri...

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Plato's Republic - The Three Great Analogies The Allegory of the Cave, like most things in philosophy, can be interpreted in many different ways. ... The Cave suggests to us that Plato saw most of humanity living in "the cave", in the dark, and that the vision of knowledge was salvation from darkness. ... Plato's two worlds: the dark, the cave, and the bright were his way of rejecting the Sophists, who found "true knowledge" impossible because of constant change. Plato believed there was a "true Idea of Justice". ... Imagining, here in Plato's world, is seen as "true reality...

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In the dialogue of "Allegory of the Cave", Plato asks his readers to imagine a group of prisoners, who were kept in a cave down the Earth. These cavemen have been in the cave ever since birth; they are chained in a manner that they cannot move their heads or legs. ... Plato then offered a plot twist to his idea, by giving one of the prisoners his freedom he is able to escape the cave and look at the real world. ... In Plato's dialogue, the author suggests the question "How could [the prisoners] see anything but the shadows if they were never allowed to move their heads"...

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A&P: A Philosophical Comparison Sammy's story is a coming of age story, not unlike Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" in a modern light. ... (Brians) It can be assumed Queenie is the one who has dragged Sammy out of his cave and he is irritated. ... But he chooses to face the music and go on, not step back into the cave by back stepping his decision to quit. ... Like in Plato's allegory, "... ... Plato: "The Allegory of the Cave, from The Republic." ...

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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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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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In the story told by Plato "Allegory of the Cave" gives us an example of prisoners kept ignorant, and one prisoner that is exposed to the knowledge of the real world. ... Kapsi was pulled out of the cave and the sunlight hit him with the truth. ...

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