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Plato
- biography
- student of Socrates
- founder of the
Academy of
Greece
- pupil Aristotle
- pupil Aristotle
- student of Socrates
- approach to philosophy
- to seek the
ultimate truth
- not to be found in
this everyday world
- not to be found in
this everyday world
- things in constant
motion are either
moving towards
perfection or away
- therefore the universe is
perfect as its always
changing
- therefore the universe is
perfect as its always
changing
- the forms
- where the
truth is found
- everthing is
perfect in the
land of the
forms
- this world is a
shadow of The
forms
- this world is a
shadow of The
forms
- where the
truth is found
- to seek the
ultimate truth
- The analogy of the cave
- 1) chained up prisoners that
have been trapped in a cave
their hole life
- 2) Then one day one of
the prisoners is released
and at first is blinded by
the light
- 3) He then realises that behind
the prisoners is a fire and a
between them and the fire is a
path.
- 4) In which jailors
walk along with
objects that create
a shadow on the
wall
- 5) know to the prisoners
this is there reality and
every object the say is at
its truest form to them as
they know now difference
- 6) the freed prisoner then continued to the
outside the cave and experiences the
warmth of the sun for the first time and
wants to share this with the others
- 7) when telling the others the truth they do
not believe him, and tell him to shut up. And
is persistence annoys them so much they
begin to throw rocks and eventually kills
him
- 1) chained up prisoners that
have been trapped in a cave
their hole life
- so what does the analogy
mean?
- the cave
- the cave represents
the world of the
shadows
- Plato believes we live in the
world of the forms brought
on by time and space and
our task as humans is took
look beyond the shadows
- the bound men in the cave only
see the shadows and assume
that they are the real things. our
ordinary experiences is no more
than shadows
- the cave represents the
delusion of supposed
reality, the blindness of
misunderstanding
- the cave represents
the world of the
shadows
- the objects
- the animals and the flowers that the
man sees outside the cave
represents the ideal form of the
things- the perfect flower
- Humans can find
out the truth using
our reason
- when man is educated
with the forms he must
then return and educate
others
- the animals and the flowers that the
man sees outside the cave
represents the ideal form of the
things- the perfect flower
- The sun
- the sun stands for
the form of God,
which is the highest of
all forms
- the light blinds the man
but he knows he is there
- the sun stands for
the form of God,
which is the highest of
all forms
- the cave
- strengths & weaknesses
- weaknesses
- reason is superior to senses
- Plato places little
value or worth on the
sensory experience
- Plato has a negative
image of the body
and the sensory
world
- not really realistic are
there forms of
everything like bus
tickets...
- reason is superior to senses
- strengths
- recognised that
humans are very
materialistic
- humans sense of perceptions
are important for gaining some
knowledge but that these senses
can be unreliable
- Human person is body,
soul and well-balanced
person uses all aspects
of self
- recognised that
humans are very
materialistic
- weaknesses
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