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    Plato's Allegory of the Cave tells the story of prisoners chained in a cave who see only shadows on the cave wall and believe them to be real. One prisoner escapes and discovers the true reality outside. When he returns to tell the other prisoners, they reject his story. The allegory illustrates Plato's theory of forms and the difficulty of perceiving true reality without education. Key symbols in the allegory include the cave representing ignorance, the shadows representing sensory perceptions, and the sun representing the form of goodness. The allegory suggests that freeing oneself from preconceived notions is a journey toward enlightenment.

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    Plato's Allegory of the Cave tells the story of prisoners chained in a cave who see only shadows on the cave wall and believe them to be real. One prisoner escapes and discovers the true reality outside. When he returns to tell the other prisoners, they reject his story. The allegory illustrates Plato's theory of forms and the difficulty of perceiving true reality without education. Key symbols in the allegory include the cave representing ignorance, the shadows representing sensory perceptions, and the sun representing the form of goodness. The allegory suggests that freeing oneself from preconceived notions is a journey toward enlightenment.

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    Plato's Allegory of the Cave tells the story of prisoners chained in a cave who see only shadows on the cave wall and believe them to be real. One prisoner escapes and discovers the true reality outside. When he returns to tell the other prisoners, they reject his story. The allegory illustrates Plato's theory of forms and the difficulty of perceiving true reality without education. Key symbols in the allegory include the cave representing ignorance, the shadows representing sensory perceptions, and the sun representing the form of goodness. The allegory suggests that freeing oneself from preconceived notions is a journey toward enlightenment.

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    Plato's Allegory of the Cave tells the story of prisoners chained in a cave who see only shadows on the cave wall and believe them to be real. One prisoner escapes and discovers the true reality outside. When he returns to tell the other prisoners, they reject his story. The allegory illustrates Plato's theory of forms and the difficulty of perceiving true reality without education. Key symbols in the allegory include the cave representing ignorance, the shadows representing sensory perceptions, and the sun representing the form of goodness. The allegory suggests that freeing oneself from preconceived notions is a journey toward enlightenment.

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    Plato´s Allegory of

    the Cave

    11TH GRADE
    Justified True Belief

    TRUE BELIEF
    The knowledge claim is true The knowledge claim is a
    rather than false. It matter of conviction. We
    corresponds to the real world. must own our knowledge.
    It is a fact.

    JUSTIFIED
    The knowledge claim is justified with adequate evidence.
    Justification requires coherence with previous data and clarity
    with regard to language and logic. There can be no contradiction
    or strong counter evidence.
    Allegory

    ▶ What is an allegory?
    ▶ a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete
    or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise
    of another.
    ▶ a symbolical narrative

    ▶ What is Symbolism?
    ▶ It is the use of an object, person, situation or word to represent
    something else, like an idea, in literature.
    Symbols

    Identify the following symbols and their meaning while watching the video on Plato’s
    “The Allegory of the Cave.”
    ▶ The Cave:
    ▶ The Shadows:
    ▶ The escaped prisoner:
    ▶ The Sun:
    ▶ His intellectual journey:
    ▶ The other prisoners reaction:
    ▶ The Prisoners:
    ▶ The prisoner’s chains:
    ▶ The shadows in the cave:
    ▶ The Fire:
    ▶ The one who releases the prisoners: The prisoners who are released:
    ▶ The journey out of the cave:
    ▶ The return to the cave:
    ▶ The rejection by the other prisoners when the released prisoner returns:
    Allegory of the Cave
    What is Plato trying to say

    ▶ Education: nothing but the forcing of thoughts into the


    minds of children.
    ▶ Each person has within himself the ability to think.
    ▶ If one does not understand, this is because one is held by
    the fetters.
    ▶ Whenever the soul is bound by the fetters of suffering,
    pleasure, etc. it is unable to contemplate through its own
    intelligence the unchanging pattern of things
    Symbols

    ▶ The Cave represents people who believe that knowledge comes from what we see and
    hear in the world – empirical evidence. The cave shows that believers of empirical
    knowledge are trapped in a ‘cave’ of misunderstanding.
    ▶ The Shadows represent the perceptions of those who believe empirical evidence ensures
    knowledge– shadows of the truth.
    ▶ The escaped prisoner represents the Philosopher, who seeks knowledge outside of the
    cave and outside of the senses. The philosopher who does not at first understanding
    reality and will eventually be killed for his beliefs.
    ▶ The Sun represents philosophical truth and knowledge
    ▶ His intellectual journey represents a philosophers journey when finding truth and
    wisdom
    ▶ The other prisoners reaction to the escapee returning represents that people are scared
    of knowing philosophical truths and do not trust philosophers.
    Symbols

    ▶ The Prisoners: The prisoners represent an ignorant, unenlightened, and narrow


    society. This would comprise of those who have not yet understood the meaning of
    life.
    ▶ The prisoner’s chains: The chains are symbolic of limitations that pull us away
    from the truth. 
    ▶ The shadows in the cave: The cave shadows are ambiguous and unclear, distorted,
    without any true form. Plato successfully utilizes the shadows to demonstrate those
    who cannot see an accurate, clear reality.
    ▶ The Fire: The fire is the sun to the prisoners - the foundation of misinterpretation
    and ambiguity.  Fire represents many things – media, society
    ▶ The one who releases the prisoners: The savior is the educator and master of
    philosophy, perhaps Plato/Socrates himself.
    Symbols

    ▶ The prisoners who are released: These captives are saved from ignorance. The
    prisoners become free only when they become freed of chains, forced into the
    light, and accept what things have become and as they truly are, rather than what
    they had perceived them as – shadows on a wall.
    ▶ The journey out of the cave:  This represents one’s inability to change and a
    resistance to accept new truths. 
    ▶ The return to the cave: This represents the enlightener’s quest to dispel ignorance
    from others. 
    ▶ The rejection by the other prisoners when the released prisoner returns: They
    are adverse to change and do not wish to be enlightened.
    Knowledge

    ▶ Epistemic Knowledge
    What I think it is – inside the cave

    ▶ Ontological Knowledge
    What it really is – outside world
    Videos & activity

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    ▶ A Girl Like Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAOZhuRb_Q8

    ▶ Critical Viewing: Shadows on the Wall


    ▶ Evaluate the epistemic and ontological knowledge for each.
    The Matrix - Assignment

    Both the Allegory of the Cave and The Matrix deal with epistemic (what we think is) and
    ontological (what it is) knowledge and truths.
    Pick ONE of the following prompts and respond to it in a piece of 400-600 words.  Make
    sure you state a claim (your personal position regarding the question) and provide reasons
    for it. 
    You must use evidence and examples from the allegory, the movie, your personal life: inside
    and outside of school. You might want to include a counterclaim (that which can be said
    against your claim).
    ▶ 1.Trinity tells Neo: "The Matrix cannot tell you who you are." Consider the role of
    society in an individual's life. 
    ▶ 2. Both the movie and the allegory tell a similar story about the unreliability of the
    senses.  To what extent can we trust our senses to tell us the truth?
    ▶ 3. When Neo is finally confronted with the real world he is in a state of uncertainty.  To
    what extent the realization of the truth can be an overwhelming and life-changing
    experience?

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