Plato 's Allegory Of The 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.

Plato's allegory of the cave describes a group of prisoners living in a dark cave. They are bound in chains preventing them from moving easily. Being stuck in the same place and position all the time, they have nothing to do but stare at the wall in front of them. A fire casts a light against that wall on a platform in the cave. While people on the outside of the cave go their own business, the objects they carry cast unclear shadows on the wall. As a result, the prisoners in the cave spend their time trying to figure out what the shadows represent, assuming that sounds from the outside came

In thinking about preparing people to be positive productive members of society, education should be a mix between Plato and Dewey’s ideas about education. The basic components that Plato

We have been talking about education for several years. In Book V, Plato writes about what

Taking a leap back into the realm of historical art would not only shed light upon some of the distinguished theorists but would also leave us at awe by virtue of the innovation of Art. The vicissitude, as can be said, that the revolution arose from; the emergence of a new perception of art by which contemporary dogma is rooted back to. It can be argued that art cannot be defined, for it is as abstruse as the terrestrial, such that it enforces different individuals to interpret it according to their own beliefs. Since the time of Plato’s allegory of the cave, it was deemed by mankind that art has to have a literal definition. Though it is of human nature to be able to define any phenomena that occurs in this universe, the idea of being

In The Republic, Socrates poses two different views on education. “Socrates uses numerous varying and often conflicting ideas and images (among which is the first account of education) to gradually guide his pupils toward a personal realization of knowledge and philosophy.”

This quote comes at the end of Plato’s explanation of the allegory of the cave. The allegory of the cave is meant to show the human soul is affected by education. Education moves the philosopher through the stages on the divided line and later to the Form of the Good.

These people of the cave must gradually be exposed the real world, if they are to accept the real world as reality. This parable, told by Socrates and recorded by Plato, presents the concept that true enlightenment is slow and agonizing. To discover the truth one must break the chains of the cave and face their destiny.(Gibson).

Education, both the subject and method, were of great interest to Plato. He regards education explicitly in The Republic and indirectly in The Symposium. The

So often in life people take shortcuts as a means to obtaining the goals they seek. Why work toward a Master’s degree when a Bachelor’s will suffice? Why ask questions about a particular candidate in an political race when it is easier to choose a party to support? Surely those in charge know more than we do, so why should we refute them? According to Plato, this attitude exhibits a lack of education (educare), which leaves a person blind to the truth. The Republic by Plato clearly defines the overall theme of education (educare) through paideia that is crucial to the purification (katharsis) of the soul (psyche) by turning the soul (psychagoge) toward the good via “the

However there are limitations to these unconventional subjects/topics, the teachings of these subjects/topics are not universal across all American K-12 schools and these subjects/topics must meet local and federal criterias meaning they are not represented in their fullest capacity. Plato’s account of education has no limitations and represents its subject in their fullest capacity. Therefore, Plato would propose that the American education system is reformed to resemble his account of education in kallipolis. The students would be led into truth within the limits imposed by the nature of their soul, they would be taught the different kinds of education, and the importance of true reality.

The role of the educator, or philosopher as he is referred to by Plato, is to guide the student out of the doxa and held him through the aporia, so that he could reach the anamnesis. This process is called ‘ex-ducare’, which means, ‘to guide out’ in Greek. This is the origin of the word education. The teacher can’t force a student out of the doxa but he can lead him to question what he thinks to be true. Only after he elucidates the knowledges he has can he reach true understanding. "How will you look for it, Socrates, when you do not know at all what it is? How will you aim to search for something you do not know at all? If you should meet with it, how will you know that this is the thing that you did not know?" (Meno) The teacher needs to guide the student out of the doxa, taking careful steps. The student doesn’t know they are in doxaand needs the help of his

In education, teachers should be armed with both practical and theoretical or philosophical knowledge in order to provide a fair and honest education to learners. In the South African context, teachers are often biased towards one or the other and in the eyes of Plato, are not fit to hold these

Plato’s theory of knowledge claims that knowledge is only achieved in what is eternal and unchanging. True knowledge is distinguished from all else by its unique nature of being perceived by intellection and without hypothesis. Throughout the Republic, Plato attempts to explain through several images of speech and conceptual examples the essence of what is and what is not true knowledge. Plato’s model of education is reflective of his belief that the purpose of education is to point towards knowledge of the form of the good and the formation of a good soul. How is knowledge achieved? Music and gymnastics in the process of working towards positive formation of the soul

Plato’s idea of a teacher is one whose soul boldly faces the sun, a self-motivated seeker of truth. In his allegory The Cave, he describes guiding minds toward what is real and important and allowing them to seize it for themselves. In this cave, prisoners’ backs are to the sun and they are only experiencing life through the shadows that the sun casts. However, by removing the shackles and turning towards the light, the prisoners will be able to see and experience the real things that have cast the shadows. Consequently, a student’s back can be to the light and only with education will he “see.” Plato believes that “there is the person, who for as long as they live, will remain a voluntary prisoner in the darkness of the cave. For