Reasoning In Plato's Allegory Of The Cave

While interpreting Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave’’ in which is a representation that described a narrative of the society of people in before Christ years. I realized how there was a major comparison of people in today’s society that reflected the same prisoner traits as the prisoners that were described in the dialogue. According to the Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave.” It described conditions of people chained at birth unable to function as independent individuals that were locked in a protracted dark cave. They were allowed to rotate their necks but could not stand up unless told to or leave the cave. Within this cave they could only watch a wall showing flash images and objects as if the prisoners were watching a play or movies at a theater. They believed that the pictures shown on the wall were factual in which they were just shadows of objects that were behind them. The objects reflected forms and puppet that were placed up by puppeteers to create shadows on the wall. The prisoners were unable to see the puppeteers and seemed as if they were watching a puppet show in the dark.

The stages of Plato’s “cave journey” begin with people stuck in a dark cave. They are chained from birth, unable to move their bodies and can only see straight ahead. A fire behind them creates the shadows of objects being flashed on a wall in front of them. They have never seen the real objects, so they believe the shadows of the objects to be real. The people stuck in the cave begin a guessing game; trying to guess which objects will appear next, and whoever guess correctly would be praised by the others. At the mouth of the cave there is a glimmer of light, and the possibility of life outside the cave.

In the allegory written by Plato titled “Allegory of the Cave”, Plato discusses the concept of seeking knowledge and gaining wisdom. He uses a story of prisoners trapped into a cave to represent the confines of reality that humans are put into, and a lone prisoner exiting the cave to represent a philosopher seeking a greater understanding. Plato’s writing tells of the flaw that all humans share, which is the fact that we believe our perceptions to be the absolute, incontestable truth. It is this flaw that can easily affect our spiritual, educational, and political knowledge, hindering us from having a full grasp on actual reality beyond what we visually see. His rhetorical devices, tone, symbolism, and imagery all lend themselves to giving

“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

Plato uses the conversation between Socrates and Glaucon in “the Allegory of the Cave” to explain the process of getting knowledge is. The allegory presented a prisoner who was shackled in a cave and was forced to see only the shadows that were shown to him. Then Socrates presented a possibility of that prisoner breaking free and slowly finds the light source. At first he saw the fire and his eyes already hurts, and he raged at the person who dragged him outside of the cave. However, with some effort and time on his own, he was able to look at the sun.

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

At Texas State University it is required for undergraduate students to take some form of philosophy. I believe this is an ethical policy that the university has established to prepare students to be able take on different courses. Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. The original meaning of the word philosophy comes from the Greek roots philo-meaning "love" and -sophos "wisdom." Making this a requirement for undergraduate students is a great eye-opening class to learn about themselves, as well as the outlook others may have and how philosophy could be used in everyday life. Supporting my statement, I will be using the philosophers Plato

The Argument of Plato’s “The Allegory of the Cave” In “The Allegory of the Cave” Plato informs listeners and\or readers that people can only perceive part of, or an illusion of the real world in our current life, and he does this in hopes of guiding them towards enlightenment, philosophy, increased morality, a more successful philosopher led government, and an acceptance of or wish for the upper\spiritual world. Plato accomplishes this feat with deductive reasoning, the work’s structure, and evidence that appeals to the audience’s logical side; the allegory’s mood and diction help establish pathos; and finally, Plato’s choice in speaker, tone, and dialogue creates ethos. While utilizing these techniques of persuasion, Plato effectively argues his claim that there is or may be a superior way of living.

In Plato’s, Allegory of the cave, a key theory I found was the importance of education. Plato uses an “allegory to illustrate the dilemma facing the psyche in the ascent to knowledge of the imperishable and unchanging forms” (104) Based on my research of the republic, the allegory can reveal multiple hidden messages. Plato describes, ordinary mortals are chained within an underground chamber, which according to Fiero, represents the psyche imprisoned within the human body. These mortals can’t look sideways only straight ahead. They also can’t leave the cave and are facing a cave wall that they can see shadows from a fire of what they imagine are men. These mortals have been in this cave since childhood, which makes them believe the shadows themselves are the men, not a reflection of an actual man. Again, according to Fiero, the light, represents true knowledge, and the shadows on the walls of the cave represent the imperfect and perishable imitations of the forms that occupy the world of the senses.

In Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, he describes a world where prisoners live chained in a cave. From the day we were born, we were told many things and were occupied into the day’s society that we cannot see what truly is right and wrong. In the movie, the shadows in the cave construct reality for the prisoners. One of the prisoners breaks free and leaves the cave. He realizes that someone else has controlled his life and disguised the truth about a new world outside the cave. This illustrates some of the social issues that are being constantly happened in our world today. We are the reflection of the prisoners who are occupied from the truth by the media, government, and even religion. We are being controlled by the media because we can see

In the republic, Plato believed the theory of forms, or rather the theory of ideas, were the only thing absolute and true because they were unchanging, eternal, and existed in the non-physical world. In contrast to forms were appearences, or opinions, which Plato considered to be imperfect because they were a part of the physical world, which was always changing. Using the allegory of the cave, the disciplines of mathematics, and eternal truths he explained how the non material in our head brings forth justice. In the Allegory of the Cave, Plato describes a cave with prisoners chained and bound so that they can only face a wall, which casted of shadows.

Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave,” teaches us about prisoners in a cave they have been there most if not all there life, there is a fire projecting images of shadows made up of different puppets, shown by the guards. The prisoners are chained down so they cannot find the truth until the guard lets one of them go and the prisoner is forced to see the world for the first time as an individual not what the certain few want you to think or see. It is talking about ignorant people who believe whatever they hear or see in there perceived circle like people believe what they hear on T.V. , or people who think politicians and leaders only mindset is what’s best for the people. I once believed when I was a little kid that the Tooth Fairy was real. I of course learned the truth when I woke up to my parent giving me a Nickle and took the baby tooth.

Brianna Vega August 10, 2014 Truth, what does it mean to know what the truth is & how can we validate what the truth is? In Plato’s “Allegory of The Cave “ Plato demonstrations how people validate the truth based on what they see; but things aren’t always as they may appear. The people in the story think that the shadows in the cave are real when in all actuality the shadows were just illusions. Just because the people saw the shadows doesn’t mean they are valid.

Everyday I wake up right before sunrise in complete darkness. Seconds do not even pass before I am spoon feed information from the news channels and social media networks. Even worse, outside forces preemptively craft my choices and decisions. Even if I presume my choices are made by my own doing, they are just illusions—soley there to make it seem as if I have control. Sure, I do consciously make a choice to go to school, but what happens if I decide otherwise?

On the surface of Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” it is just a simple piece, but the main purpose of the piece is to explain people living in a world of face value and having individuals break free from the main idea to create a new sense of what the world is truly about. In here, Plato uses the writing style of allegory to encompass the use of imagery and symbolism to explain his purpose. He also uses very clever dialogue with constant repetition to represent a bigger idea about the philosophy with chained up people living in a cave of shadows.