Failure In Plato's 'Allegory Of A 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.

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.

Prompt: Define Plato 's “Allegory of the Cave”. What is the central message? Is he describing education alone? Where does politics come in?

Plato describes this scary like cave in Allegory of the Cave. he describes the world as if there are alot of undisclosed things out there. From the day we were born we were told so many things whether they are true or not. We are so occupied into day’s society that we can’t see what truly is right and wrong. Today there is the media, military, government, school, work, shops , food, and so many other things that keep us occupied from the truth. We are even more hidden from the truth today than they were thousands of years ago. We the people are almost like the prisoners and the government, media or the military play the shadows and puppeteers. They control our life and how we act unless we break free and walk out of the cave. Once we break

“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

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.

At first glance any quote might confuse someone, but as with everything, you must look at the quote and read the quote over and over again. Only then will you begin to fully understand the deeper meaning behind writing, such as quotes. A good example of this is a quote from Allegory of the Cave; “And when he remembered his old habitation, and the wisdom of the den and his fellow-prisoners, do you not suppose that he would felicitate/congratulate himself on the change, and pity them?”

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, Plato described that the prisoners in the cave were tied up and they could not move or turn their bodies. The cave was dark, and the only light that they could see was a small burning fire and shadows. Plato taught us a lesson because he compared us to the prisoners. We don’t see the actual truth like how the prisoners didn’t see real things in the cave. As for how the introduction of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave mentioned, one of Plato’s beliefs was teachers cannot make their students learn if the students don’t want to.

The allegory of the cave is one of Plato’s most famous pieces of work contained in his Republic. Plato sets the scene. There is a fire a screen and puppets. From a very young age these individuals are restrained with shackles on the wall. The puppeteers hold up the objects and the prisoners inside the cave can see the objects moving for their entire lives, however they are not the real objects.

a) What is the role of the philosopher in Plato’s ‘Allegory of the Cave?’ The role of the philosopher in Plato’s ‘Allegory of the Cave’, is by explaining that people with lesser power or status are not given knowledge and is left in the dark. Examples being government concealing information of top important to the public, doing things behind closed doors without them knowing. Plato was an idealist who had a theory of the forms.

The Consequences of Sharing Knowledge I agree with Plato’s Allegory of the Cave; that sharing knowledge leads to negative consequences. Plato’s allegory has multiple meanings and has caused a lot controversy. Some agree with Plato while others believe it is all a bunch of nonsense.

What is wisdom? Wisdom is the experience that you learn in life. It is seeing these experiences and asking yourself questions: What can I do differently? How can I change? What else can I learn? Being open minded leaves the door open to a much brighter world. We will see things differently, perhaps even better than before. Having a better insight in life is truly what wisdom is. Many philosophers both old and present have their own way of defining this. Some of the views may be similar to my own views while others are just different. I will explain how my answer to this question has or hasn’t changed since reading

Plato’s Allegory of The Cave can be described through the array of different elements he has used to explain his metaphor. He equates those uneducated in the theory of the forms and true philosophy to prisoners who are chained in a cave, unable to turn their heads around. All these prisoners are able to see is the wall of the cave in front of them, although they are unable to see it behind the cinemas is a fire burning. Between these prisoners and the fire is a walkway that the puppeteers use when holding up the puppets that cast shadows on the wall of the cave in view of the prisoners. The prisoners cannot see the puppeteers or the objects/puppets they are holding because they are moving behind them, they are oblivious to the real objects