Plato's analogy of the change
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- Created on: 08-12-15 20:13
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- Plato's analogy of the change
- the cave
- for plato the cave represents the physical world and anything outside of the cave is non-physical
- according to plato nothing inside the cave is real.
- you cant have true knowledge in the cave as it is constantly changing
- the prisoners
- the prisoners changed are scientists who cannot see past the illusion or true knowledge
- those who break free from the chains are philosophers as they see true knowledge
- the fire
- in the cave the fire represents the physical sun which causes our senses to believe the illusion is real when it isnt
- the men
- the people carrying the objects are the sophists, politicians and false philosophers portraying the illusion that the physical world is real
- you have to see past this to focus and see the truth and the real thing
- the objects and the shadows
- the objects are the visible things in the physical world portrayed by the men
- the shadows are the images of the visible things but plato believed neither of these were real
- the sun
- the sun represents the form of the good. it is outside the cave and so is real
- only the philosophers can see the sun as they have true knowledge and can escape the illusion
- plato believed that the form of the good (the sun) was the ultimate source of everything
- socrates
- Socrates is the one returning to the cave to try and teach the truth and whats real
- 'let them only catch the offer and they would be put to death' the relates to the death of socrates
- the chains
- the chains represent the physical body and sense forcing us to believe what we visual is real
- the cave
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