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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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. ... "This entire allegory, I said, you may now append, dear Glaucon, to the previous argument; the prison-house is the world of sight" (Plato 213). ... The Great Greek philosopher Plato wrote the "Allegory of the cave" in a dialogue form, it was written long ago but it still applies on the whole humanity. ... Plato implies ...

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Unlike Socrates, Plato was both a writer and a teacher. ... One of Plato's most publicly known myths is the parable with which the Seventh Book of the Republic opens. In this allegory of the cave Plato introduced us to the teaching that there is a truth beyond sense. ... Plato's allegory starts with a depiction of the pathetic condition of most of mankind. ... Plato's aim in the Republic is to help us understand how we might reach this reflective understanding. ...

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Plato's cavemen theory is probably one of the earliest analogies about humans' incapability to see things in depth. 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. ... 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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In looking for this knowledge one would come to agree with Plato in his belief that the ultimate goal of the soul is to grasp a true view of reality. ... (Plato, Republic) Plato also describes the importance of knowledge when he describes its worth by saying, "True opinions are a fine thing and do all sorts of good so long as they stay in their place, but they will not stay long. ... (Plato, Republic) Plato's words of wisdom lead one to the final realization that if knowledge and truth are the pillars of the examined life then one must be able to identify when they are making cognitive er...

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The traditional Chinese system put it as a means to produce state servants, while Plato thought its ultimate goal was to train philosophy kings, rulers of state. ... I have noticed that what I have just written has slipped into the curse of Plato's ideal of education, in which the production of a philosopher king is the greatest of all goals. But for Plato, the truths of the universe exist only in our own minds, what we perceive in this world are only shadows, is it so? ...

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Saint Augustine's intellectual and spiritual journey to understanding God was influenced by philosophical tendencies, Biblical Scriptures and personal experiences. Since Augustine did not believe any of these viewpoints completely, he spent most of his life searching for other types of truths that w...

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The philosopher king is an essential part for turning the poorly managed cities into approximations of theoretical model for the just city. According to Socrates, the true philosophers are appropriate for ruling. Unlike inadequate rulers that love sights and sounds for their spectacles, Socrates d...

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In the ancient world of the Greeks and Romans, there was a growing unsettlement with traditional religion. People were becoming less accepting, taking less for granted, and wanting more; more knowledge and more answers. A new age of questioning was surfacing. Searching for alternative answers and...

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William James submits to us the notion that "personal religious experience has its root and centre in mystical states of consciousness. - Stating that mystical states of consciousness must have the characteristics of ineffability, Noetic quality, transiency, and passivity , James ascribes four marks...

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PHIL 100 Why are we here? You would be hard pressed to find a human being on this planet who has not asked him or herself this question at some point in life. In fact, most people have probably taken it one step further and actually given serious thought to this question. Some even say that t...

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