The allegory of the cave essays
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Tok Essay - the Allegory of the Cave and the Matrix
TOK Essay The Allegory of the Cave and The Matrix 03 December 2010 Many people think that what we know is not really what is real. This idea is shown through the story of The Allegory of the Cave and the movie, The Matrix. Both the movie and the story are similar (it is said that The Matrix is based on The Allegory) and the main plots of the two can be compared. In The
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Summary on Plato's Allegory of the Cave
Summary on Plato's Allegory of the Cave According to Plato's "Allegory of the Cave," the way we perceive things around us and the way we lead our lives, is actually not the truth. We lead ignorant, incomplete lives, following the paths, rules, and ethics, set by the previous generations, without questioning them. Plato brings up this dilemma of humans by portraying them as prisoners in a cave. These prisoners are sitting facing a wall, tied
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Allegory of the Cave Reflection
The setting of Allegory of the Cave is an underground cave where humans have lived all their lives. It is dark in the cave, and sunlight is foreign to their eyes. Bound by chains, the humans are allowed only sight in one direction. Any attempt to turn the head and look elsewhere causes excruciating pain. A fire is lit on a ledge behind the prisoners, and on an intermediate ledge between the ever-glowing fire and
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Plato's Allegory of the Cave
Plato's Allegory of the Cave can be deciphered in many different ways. True reality is not obvious in most of us. We can be deceived on what we see and hear about reality and truth. This is the basic premise of the Allegory of the Cave. We experience emotional and intellectual revelations throughout different stages in our lives. The stages that we encounter in our lives are represented by growing realizations and new found pains.
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Commentary About the Allegory of the Cave by Plato
Commentary about the Allegory of the Cave by Plato In this metaphor Socrates compared an unjust society with an underground cave filled with chained prisoners, who cannot move at all. In front of them there is a big wall on which they can only see the reflected shadows of different objects. Behind them there is a fire and behind it there is a platform in which men pass the objects whose shadows the prisoners see.
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Allegory of the Caves Comparison
There are a couple of similarities between the Matrix and the allegory of the cave. One is that both those in the matrix and cave do not get a sense of what the TRUE world is. Their only understanding of the REAL world is through what the machines tell them (in the matrix) or what they see in the shadows (in the cave.) The other is the idea of true knowledge being difficult to grapple
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The Cave - the Allegory of the Cave - Plato Case
What is reality? Why do we search for wisdom? What are the effects of the bringers of wisdom? "Allegory of the Cave" by Plato helps us to answer some of these questions we may ask ourselves. This parable is about a group of men that are held captive underground in a cave since childhood. The entrance to the cave is a long passageway that rises from the ground to the outside light. The prisoners are
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Allegory of the Cave
Allegory of the Cave is a conversation and discussion between Glaucon, Plato's brother, and Socrates, Plato's mentor, who also is the narrator. This allegory begins a description of humans chained up inside a den for their entire lives having nothing to look at besides a blank wall with shadows. Eventually a prisoner is freed to see all that he has been shadowed from. Socrates begins to discuss how a philosopher can be similar to the
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Platos Republic: Allegory of the Cave
Kinga Iwanska Platos Republic: Allegory of the Cave Plato’s allegory is basically describing a scene where there are several people chained in a cave. They don’t have any other light to look at besides a fire that burns behind them. The only view that the prisoners have is a plain wall straight in front of them. The captors of these prisoners use that fire to create figments using the shadows on the wall and puppets
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Platos Republic: Allegory of the Cave
Kinga Iwanska Platos Republic: Allegory of the Cave Plato’s allegory is basically describing a scene where there are several people chained in a cave. They don’t have any other light to look at besides a fire that burns behind them. The only view that the prisoners have is a plain wall straight in front of them. The captors of these prisoners use that fire to create figments using the shadows on the wall and puppets
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Addressing the Miners and Families on the Cave-In Accident
Addressing the Miners and Families on the cave-in accident. The Chilean mine incident was one that had international eyes on due to the severity of the situation, which was unprecedented, due to how deep they were buried. This incident affected both the families of the miners and fellow coworkers. Minera San Esteban Primera faced a really difficult time when this incident occurred since they had to face mayor obstacles trying to resolve the situation as
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Clan of the Cave Bear: Book Vs. Movie
The Clan of the Cave Bear is a story set during prehistoric times in the land between modern Europe and Asia. It tells the story of a Cro-Magnon girl named Ayla who becomes orphaned due to a frightening earthquake. Afterwards she wanders through the vast wilderness and eventually winds up in the hands of a Neanderthal woman named Iza who raises her into adulthood. The clan finds her nature very different from their own and
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Of Mine and Men- an Allegory of Discrimination
"In the end antiblack, antifemale, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing- antihumanism." Discrimination is something that our society still battles. In the days of John Steinbeck, discrimination was a much larger issue. In his novel, Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck brings forward the issue of discrimination. His character, Crooks, is an allegory of the discrimination against blacks during his time. John Steinbeck uses Crooks to display how blacks felt
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The Stupa's Relation to the Cave Shrines of Xiangtangshan
The Stupa's Relation to the Cave Shrines of Xiangtangshan In Buddhism, a stupa is a spiritual monument which portrays the Buddha's body and depicts the Buddha's path towards enlightenment. A stupa discussed in class is the Stupa of Sanchi which was originally built from 272-231 BC under Ashoka and later rebuilt in the 1st century, BC. All stupas are similar in their function, symbolism and style. The context of the stupa of Sanchi generally is
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Salt Cave History
Salt Cave history Dates back 200 years to the original salt mine in Poland. 200 years ago there was a doctor/physician working in the mine taking care of mine works for injuries or health concerns. After working there some time he started to recognize many of the mine workers were all noticing improvements in their respiratory system – if they had asthma, they didn’t have problems with their asthma, if they had allergies , they
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