Lauren Null
Dr. Bennett
PHIL 203
7 February 2023
Midterm Rough Draft
Although goodness and virtue differ in meaning from person to person, such as Mr. Beast and Harry Styles; it is crucial to go beyond “using your senses” to determine right from wrong. Morality and practicing “The Good” can relate back to Plato’s philosophies and teachings in order to determine what is right or wrong, universally. In order to educate Mr. Beast and Harry, Plato should provide each of them with evidence through his theories to support his claim of going beyond physicalities. Plato’s “The Myth of the Cave”, "Theory of The Forms”, and the “Divided Line" can all be described as ways to go beyond “your senses” and think beyond physical objects.
“The Myth of the Cave” supports the claim of going beyond senses in order to support Plato’s philosophy. “The Myth of the Cave” is theorized by Plato as a group of people chained together in a dark cave. The cave casts light onto the walls, forming shadows, which the group views as their reality. One of the men breaks free of the chains, and discovers the light and people beyond the cave. He realizes the cave’s images are deceiving. When he
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The “Divided Line” entails the division of four sections. The shadows projected in “The Myth of the Cave” and generalized objects fall into two of these divisions considered the “imagination” or “invisible”. The other two divisions involve sciences and math to support intelligence. One section is known as “Lower Forms”, where the division is merely thoughts; while the second and final division is “higher Forms”, which forms ideas and dialects. Mr. Beast’s Twizzler Chair, or Harry’s shirt are both examples of utilizing The “Divided Line”. Both men may take a different approach to achieve their creations, but will both likely use The “Divided Line” in some aspect such as imagination, science/math, and
In the “Allegory of the Cave”, Plato breaks the story into four main scenes to demonstrate the path to enlightenment for the unenlightened reader. He uses a story of a man trapped in a cave,
In the Allegory of the Cave by Plato the people who can only see shadows create their own version of the truth based on what they know, “To them [the people stuck in the cave unable to move],’
When one of the person is allowed to leave the cave and see the real world they don’t believe it. Even more when they return to the cave to tell the others. The others won’t believe the person that left because all they know is the shadows. That’s why Plato says “[…] that the true analogy for this indwelling power in the soul and the instrument whereby each of us apprehends is that of an eye that could not be converted to the light from darkness except by turning the whole body.” (Plato 750).
Plato breaks the justification of knowledge down into two types of realms that show what can be known by reason and what can be known by the five senses. These realms, then divided into two other unequal parts based on their clarity and truthfulness, make up what is known as The Divided Line. By understanding The Divided Line we can fully grasp the differences between the perceptual, also known as becoming, realm and the conceptual, also known as being, realm. The perceptual realm is the opinions and beliefs of people or it can be known as the visible realm.
In life, the world one lives in is always assumed to be the reality, without anyone questioning its credibility. As Iris Murdoch once said, “[People] live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality. ”(Iris Murdoch Quotes). In The Allegory of the Cave by Plato, prisoners are trapped in a cave and chained so that they are to face a wall and only see the shadows of objects that pass behind them.
In Plato’s Allegory of the Cave the people think that their entire reality is the shadows that they see on the walls of the cave. Plato explores the truth and criticizes that humanity does not question what is real. Plato explores that the human understanding and accepting of what is real is difficult and
Plato tells of a group of prisoners held in a dark cave chained to the walls. These people have never stepped outside into the world and can only experience shadows that are displayed on the opposite side of the cave through the light outside of the cave. One of the slaves, now liberated steps outside of the cave and is able to experience reality, or what we can distinguish as objective truth. After returning to explain to the other what he has seen there seems to be quite a difference in opinions(Plato). In his article Plato’s Cave, T.F Morris attempts to dissect Plato’s allegory and explains his belief that “… the shadows on the wall of the cave correspond to what we call reality…(Morris 417)”
In “The allegory of the Cave by Plato”, great philosophers offer a theory concerning human perception. Plato described it starting with three prisoners; these prisoners would have face the wall of the cave in a set position. They would not be allowed to move. A fire would be placed behind them with a walkway between. Along the walkway, people would walk carrying different items.
The state of most human beings is depicted in this myth of the cave and the tale of a thrilling exit from the cave is the source of true understanding. Plato has portrayed the concept of reality and illusion through the allegory of the cave. One of Socrates' and also of Plato's, chief ideas was that of forms, which explains that the world is made up of reflections of more perfect and ideal forms. In the Cave