Coming Back to Plato's Cave

In Plato's Cave, the prisoners are tied down with chains, hand, and foot under bondage. In fact they have been there since their childhood, which much like matrix people are seen as in reality being bound within a pad whereby they are feed images/illusions which keep them in a dreamlike state and they have been in this bondage by virtue of the virtual reality pads in the fields since their youth and like the allegory of the Cave they are completely unaware of such a predicament since in regards to the Cave they have become conditioned to the shadows that dance upon the wall and do not see the true forms of which the shadow is a mere non-substantial pattern of. In the Matrix, within the person of the virtual world, it is a non-substantial pattern of the world, it is reflective of the real world, it is a shadow in its form and nature being a simulation of the world at a particular point in history. Like the prisoners in the cave, those who are prisoners in the system of a matrix are held in their calm state by reason of the illusion that stimulates them and tricks them into remaining asleep or rather into being ignorant of the fact that they are prisoners in pads so the machines can feed on their bio-energy. The shadows on the wall which are reflective is to keep the prisoners on the Cave unaware of the fact that they are prisoners, that they are under bondage and have never truly seen life outside of the Cave. The shadows on the walls are by puppets, perchance puppeteers. They could be seen as the agents, whom within the Matrix being programs are to maintain that the humans asleep in the matrix remain in their comatose state, they are to support the illusion, by keeping man actively ignorant of what is truly happening, so they never wake up. The puppeteers of the puppets which are seen on the wall to keep the mind of the prisoners stimulated so they never realize that they are chained, and only have a vision that is straightforward, which is basically saying their minds are only subjected to a single perspective and they are blind to the degree of seeing within other perspectives, broader perspectives and this in and of itself is a limitation.

“Anyone who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise from two causes, either from coming out of the light, or from going into the light, which is true of the mind’s eye, quite as much as of the bodily eye…” (Plato). In this quote from Plato’s “The Allegory of the Cave” an instance in which a person comes face to face with something that confounds them, it can be due to two factors. First, it could be that they are knowledgeable and are paying attention and go to seeing ignorance. Or it could be that they are not knowledgeable and are faced with veracity. A situation such as this takes place in Plato’s

One of Plato’s more famous writings, The Allegory of the Cave, Plato outlines the story of a man who breaks free of his constraints and comes to learn of new ideas and levels of thought that exist outside of the human level of thinking. However, after having learned so many new concepts, he returns to his fellow beings and attempts to reveal his findings but is rejected and threatened with death. This dialogue is an apparent reference to his teacher’s theories in philosophy and his ultimate demise for his beliefs but is also a relation to the theory of the Divided Line. This essay will analyze major points in The Allegory of the Cave and see how it relates to the Theory of the Divided Line. Also, this

Peter Losin taught philosophy at the University of Wisconsin, the College of Charleston, and Gonzaga University. Most of his teaching and writing are focused on Greek philosophy, especially Plato and Aristotle. The article focuses on the Book VII of Plato's `Republic.' And deals with the analogy for the human condition and demonstration of ways on how to unpack the details of a shadowy image. This theme is discussed throughout my essay and explains how everyone has their own “cave” they need to escape.

In the symphonic band concert at csusb, I enjoyed all the songs that were performed but the song I liked the most had to be the second song that was performed by the csusb symphonic band. The name of the piece is named escape from Plato’s cave and it is based on the analogy of Plato cave. The cave is an analogy that explains that we only see and believe what we are raised with and how we are forced to live.

Ideas from the stanford encyclopedia of philosophy states that major questions philosophers ask themselves is what is reality, knowledge or the meaning of life. Topics they tend to take on figuratively. Explaining existence as a journey or any other sort of opportunity. The philosopher plato explains this idea in the allegory of the cave and somewhat of the simile of the divided line. This topic of life and knowledge can also be analyzed in the movie Hilary and Jackie.

In Plato’s Allegory of the Cave he discusses reality and how it is directly influenced by one’s own perception. The idea of my own personal reality is one I have spent many nights contemplating. As proposed by Plato, reality, even if it is a lesser reality, is still a reality to someone who hasn’t been yet been enlightened. Even though the one prisoner was released from the cave and discovers that everything he learned since childhood was false, he cannot return the cave and instill his wisdom into the other prisoners. Just as the freed prisoners reality was changed when he was enlightened to the world around him, so has mine over the years. I must discover my own truths in this life for no one can instill them into me. One would have an easier time teaching a pig to fly.

The “Allegory of the Cave” by Plato represents the differences in the way we perceive reality and what we believe is real. In his story, Plato starts by saying that in a cave, there are prisoners chained down and are forced to look at a wall. The prisoners are unable to turn their heads to see what is going on behind them and are completely bound to the floor. Behind the prisoners, puppeteers hide and cast shadows on the wall in line with the prisoners’ sight, thus giving the prisoners their only sense of reality. What happens in the passage is not told from the prisoners’ point of view but is actually a conversation held between Socrates and Glaucon (Plato’s brother).

In Plato’s, “Allegory of the Cave”, “a group of philosophically unenlightened prisoners are thrown in chains and imprisoned at birth in an underground cave. From their point of view, they are able to see nothing but moving shadows cast on a back wall. In time, the prisoners started to believe that each new shadow seen is a part of reality. Plato, being a philosopher, is not content with this situation. So he breaks his chains and walks towards the light at the cave exit.

In the story, "Plato's Allegory of the Cave", Plato discusses about the nature of reality. Plato depicts a conversation between his mentor, Socrates and his student, Glaucon, about a scenario of prisoners chained inside the cave since childhood. While, these prisoners are confined inside, objects are placed in front of the flames mimicked by puppeteers. This is the only thing that the prisoners experiences which mentally clouds with their only perception of reality. Further on, one of the prisoners is forcibly taken outside which makes the prisoner feel severe novelty upon things never before seen. Later, when this prisoner receives knowledge gathered outside the cave. He wishes to return back and mentioned what he seen to the others. Even

The significance of studying and discussing Plato’s The Allegory of the Cave helps the reader to understand that what Plato is saying in the chapter happens in the society today. Also, it helps us as readers to understand the purpose of this writing piece. The purpose of writing this piece is to show the roles the people can take in the real word. Those roles could be a prisoner, a puppet master, or a philosopher. Plato also wanted to show that what people see from their eyes is not always true. It can deceive them. Plato uses symbolism to prove this point.

Plato’s “the Myth of the Cave” represents the differences in the way humans perceive things, and what is real. He puts into symbolic form his view of human condition. In his story, Plato starts by saying there is a big cave connected to the outside world by a passage long enough to prevent any daylight from coming into the cave. Facing the wall, with their backs to the entrance, is a row of prisoners. The limbs of the prisoners are chained together, and they are also fastened by the neck with no way of moving their heads or even seeing one another. All each of them can see is the wall in front of them, and they have been in this situation the entirety of their lives. In the cave behind them is a fire, and unknowing to them a rampart between the fire and them.

Next, Plato discussed what happens when one of the people at the end of the cave is released from their chains and allowed to leave the cave. The process of leaving the cave and understanding the outside world is the process learning. In the beginning the person in the cave does not move when the chains binding them are broken, they must be compelled to stand up and turn around. Initially they continue to stare at the shadows on the wall as they do not know that anything beyond the shadows even exists and they do not have the desire to see more. The person at the end of the cave can be beckoned to turn around, but they cannot be forced to, they must have a genuine desire to learn what exists beyond the shadows. Plato describes this turning

Although Plato’s and Aristotle’s moral theories in many ways are quite similar, I will be analyzing their key differences in correlation to the Form of the Good. I will be looking at the two stories that are well recognized by these two men in order to look closer at what they thought would lead to our happiness, joy, beauty, and true knowledge in this life. To understand this, we need to first have some understanding of Plato’s doctrine of the forms. The Allegory of The Cave is a concept put forward by Plato regarding human perception.

‘Plato’s Cave’ is an allegory exhibiting the impact of education and the deficiency of it on our nature. As most metaphorical writing does, its two degrees of meanings--literary and allegorical--holds figurative or symbolic implications that one could vastly acquire information from. The allegory illustrates a dark cave, where people are chained, not able to move or turn around. There is a wall between them and the outside world, on which many other people move with different items, forming shadows. The shadows and the occasional sounds the people make are the only matters that the chained men could apprehend. But then, Plato hypothesizes, what if one man is released from the cave? A number of philosophical concepts are derived from this single question, namely the notion of truth.