Plato's "Allegory of the Cave"

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This paper examines the "Allegory of the Cave" by the scholar, Plato, and why metaphors are used and what they represent.

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This essay focuses on Plato's clever use of metaphors in the "Allegory of the Cave". This essay discusses Plato, his philosophy, his teaching and why the "Allegory of the Cave" was so good at explaining his ideas. The author explains the Platonic theory of the Forms. Also examined are possible critiques and strengths in terms of criticism to human understanding.

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"Plato believed in the Platonic theory of the Forms. The world in which we ourselves live in, which we would class is real, is in fact not real at all. It is merely a shadow of the real world, the world of the Perfect Forms. He believed that the world is constantly changing, but the reality, the forms behind are constant. He taught that the world we live in and believe is real is nothing more than a materialistic world and everything in it is an imperfect copy of the perfect forms. "The world that we see is not the real world, the true world is beyond our physical senses.""

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Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 10, 2012, from http://www.academon.co.uk/Essay-Plato's-Allegory-of-the-Cave/24048