"Allegory of the Cave" Analysis

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This paper introduces, discusses and analyzes Plato's work "The Republic". Specifically, the paper discusses the "Allegory of the Cave" and relates it to the author's own thoughts and idea's about logic and philosophy.

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"After reading "The Allegory of the Cave" and attempting to understand Plato's logic and philosophy, I feel my background logic seems intact. Before I enrolled in this class, my logic was basically "If I cannot see it or touch it then it does not matter." Reality is the most important concept to me, and I believe it was the most important concept to Plato. His allegory of the cave shows that people only experience that what they can see, hear, and touch, and nothing else is real to them. If they are shown an alternate reality, they may not be able to accept it or understand it. I agree with that and I understand it. Conceptually, if I was shown an alternate reality right now, I probably would not be able to understand or accept it either. However, I do not believe there is an alternate reality, and while Plato's allegory of the cave is certainly true - today there are very few of us in the modern world who are raised in the restrictions of a cave or other reality as he suggests. Today, reality is real, and we tend to know the realities of what we experience by seeing and touching, and knowing for sure that they are real and exist."

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