Hidden Meaning In 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.

The Allegory of the Cave, also know as The Analogy of the Cave, Plato's Cave or Parable of the Cave is presented by the Greek philosopher Plato in his work “The Republic “ as a theory concerning the perceptions of human kind and compares the effects of education to the lack of education on our observations. The passage is written as dialogue between Plato’s brother Glaucon and his teacher Socrates.

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.

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.

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

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

Similarly, one's attitude can be comparable to a prisoner in the cave. When an individual secluded themselves from the outside world, they become dense. They are unwilling to assess or evaluate their outlook or understanding about the world (Plato's Cave Allegory, 10/10/16). One displays a very stubborn attitude. Reluctant to pay attention to other's notion.

People must look past what they are being taught or what they think they know, to actually comprehend and grasp the truth. In the allegory, the prisoner who is free comes back to the cave and tries to convince the other prisoners of the truth, however, the other prisoners ignore and mock the freed man. The chained up men come to the conclusion that it was better to not leave

In Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave,” several men have been imprisoned their entire lives with a chain around their necks so they are unable to move their heads, while shadows are displayed on the wall in front of them as the real object is concealed from them. These men are ignorant of the real world because they have no idea that there is something other than the reality shown in front of them, so they easily accept the truth in front of them. However, once a caveman escaped from the false reality, he would discover that there is in fact, the true reality that has been concealed from him, and this discovery makes him awed and he becomes excited to return to the cave to tell the other prisoners of this information. Sadly, the prisoners don't

In &The allegory of the cave& Plato the philosopher demonstrates his thoughts of the prisoners mindset through imagery. In the text, Plato describes prisoners who have their legs and necks chained preventing them from turning around. their is a flickering fire behind them. They are only to see the wall in front of them that displays a puppet show through images in the shadows.

Imagination is a term that is used to refer to creativity in general or a depiction of any kind of mental imagery. The concept of imagination can allow us to explore ideas that are not actually there or things that do not even exist (Davies). A good example of imagination would be a young child that has a friend that is not actually there. They refer to them as their Imaginary friend(s). Another good example of imagination is used in Plato’s Cave Allegory.

Plato’s Republic uses a series of metaphors to explain the nature of The Good. Though this is the primary concern of this selection of the work, there is also an underlying message about the ultimate fate of the philosopher found especially through Plato’s allegory of the cave. Plato asserts that it is the philosopher’s job, once they, themselves, have ascended to higher knowledge, to spread knowledge to the unenlightened, even though it will ultimately cost them happiness and potentially, their life. The first task of the philosopher is to scale upwards from the allegorical cave of the material world into the realm of intellectual forms. The necessity of this first task is evident in the all-powerful, yet mysterious force that compels the

Michael Sampson PHI 111 Part I Plato’s Allegory of the Cave is meant to illustrate the relationship between the two levels of knowledge and the two levels of reality. The first level of reality is pure intellect (outside the cave) and the second is the sense experience (inside the cave). Plato believed that human beings see the world through the eyes of the prisoners in the cave and because of that we do not fully have an understanding of the world around us.

A symbol that is very important in Plato: “Allegory of the Cave” is when one of the prisoners escaped the cave that he had been in for his entire life. The prisoner is very scared when he exits the cave, he cannot believe his own eyes. He is in shock while he looks around at the world and he does not think it is real at first. Once he becomes used and familiar with his new world and surroundings, he begins to think about his life back in the cave. He realizes that the former life in the cave was not right, the way he viewed reality was all wrong.

When reading “The Cave,” I immediately reason that the allegory symbolizes an individuals fight to comprehend the belief of heaven and hell. Therefore, the prisoners living within the cave must symbolize specific individuals that have interminably fought to apprehend this far off notion of some sort of afterlife. Moreover, the cave thus symbolizes the minds of these individuals, trapped in a flaming cavern. As Plato writes, “Above and behind them a fire is blazing.” (The Cave) Alternatively, I believe that the prisoners are grievously deranged. This notion derives from my hypothesis that the shadows walking behind the wall are actually spirits traveling to the afterlife. As a consequence, these prisoners are ultimately conjuring their images