A complicated piece by Greek Plato, Allegory of the Cave describes the psych of mankind. He describes how humans are like prisoners inside a cave. They are unable to turn their heads, and all they see is the shadow upon a wall. Plato correlates the human general process is to think and speak without any awareness of extra knowledge. The setting describes how puppets are placed behind the prisoners casting an image for them to comprehend.
The images would provide an answer human's awareness. How can one describe he can't see? Worse, how can one describe something he doesn't understand? Plato advocates reflective understanding in this essay. To do so, one must realize their errors by facing realism, as the prisoners do by turning their heads. Plato teaches how humans would likely to acquire knowledge and concepts by its physical properties and appearances; we would be mistaken if we levied the concept, knowledge, and grasp of one object by the same level.
Reading this essay by Plato teaches the philosophies and concepts of life. There could be many different opinion and perspective on any given topic due to our concept and knowledge. This is the reason for our differences. While differences can be positive, it can also have a negative effect. I like this essay to a certain extent; I believe the awareness of mankind also has to take personal experience into consideration. I believe experience is also a major contribution to human concepts and knowledge.
The traditional dates of Plato's lifespan are 428 BCE to 348 BCE. He was born in Athens to an aristocratic and well-to-do family. While Plato was still young, his father died and his mother re-married Pyrilampes, a friend of Pericles, the great Athenian statesman. It is likely that Plato fought in t...
Summary Ralph hides in the jungle and thinks miserably about the chaos that has overrun the island. He thinks about the deaths of Simon and Piggy and realizes that all vestiges of civilization have been stripped from the island. He stumbles across the sow's head, the "Lord of the Flies," now merely ...
Religion is the practice of belief, in most cases identifying to the existence of a divine, transcendent being or beings. The proposals of Plato selected to be discussed will adhere to a general definition that religion is "a strong belief in a supernatural power that control human destiny".1 This will enable an appropriate scope into the discussion, and allow us to explore ideas beyond defining religion as simply codified practises of prayer, ritual and religious law, as these were not substantial within Plato's work. Plato's ideas that were contained within a religious co...
