Abstract
This paper relates that Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" is the quintessential portmanteau allegory with themes ranging from evolution, growing up in an adult world, class structure in Victorian society, meaning and manners and human sexuality; however, the glue that holds these themes together is the plasticity of reality and the subjectivity of meaning. The author points out that in "Alice in Wonderland", the device of the rabbit hole, which establishes the entire underground setting of the book, replicates the cave in the "Allegory of the Cave" from Plato's "Republic" because control, enlightenment and freedom are all prominent in both allegories. The paper explains that many of the bizarre images in Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" are actually literal--or actually figurative since they involve figures--expressions of figurative expressions, which are actually literal because they involve letters and words. Long quotations.

Table of Contents
Alice in PlatoLand: The Allegory of Wonder
The Cave
Properties of the Forms
Forms in "Alice in Wonderland"
Factor of the Mathematical Pun on 'Remain'

From the Paper
"An allegory employs a literal story to convey a figurative meaning. Through allegory, a more complex subject or idea is described in terms of that of a lower which is made out to resemble it in properties and circumstances, the principal subject remains obscure leaving the reader to make the connection between the secondary and the primary subjects. The subject of both Plato and Carroll's allegories is appearance and reality---or the good or the true."

Tags:portmanteau, allegory, plato, cave, figurative

Abstract
The author focuses on caves using several caves including the Oregon National Caves, Carlsbad, the caves of France and the Kartchner Caverns in Arizona as examples. The negative impacts are discussed at length as well as some of the positive sides to using the natural settings as tourist attractions. The author also touches on the area of preservation and allows a discussion about what is being done to prevent erosion.

Abstract
This paper explains that, in the metaphor of the cave and its dwellers, Plato states that the world as human perceive it is like a dark cave, where all human beings sit around a fire, staring into the light; they cannot see one another, the nature of reality, or the heavens with any great understanding in such a dark and cloistered environment. The author points out that any individual who dwells in "real life" can have some inkling of the use of the metaphor, separating the gesture of goodness in name or in physical action alone from the actual, meaningful gesture of either selfless love that does not demand a reward or enact a real, physical result in the world, rather than simply obey a social code. The paper concludes that Plato's metaphor is a positive and active approach for human philosophy because it suggests that a complete form of understanding is possible, despite the pain it may cause.

From the Paper
"The reason that human beings do not have a full sense of a real and a complete life is because the world, as we cave dwellers see it, is not experienced fully and in the flesh of the present moment. Rather, it is only experienced in a shadowy and inconsequential fashion. Because human beings are distanced, because of a poor philosophical education, from the nature of the world's reality, the fire blinds us, or we mistake the shadows we see for truth. The heavenly philosophical apprehension of a greater truth that is more fully conceived and more intellectually substantive than the life on earthly is much better than what we actually pass our day to day existence in, which are simply copies of "the real"."

Tags:dwellers, dark, environment, cloistered, goodness

Abstract
This paper describes Plato's presentation of the kind knowledge that is necessary for a philosopher king. This paper states that the Cave Analogy is used to compare the effect and the lack of knowledge on human nature and the responsibility, which accompanies education. The author feels that there is a distinct parallel between Plato's Cave Analogy and the modern world particularly the many individuals who live in poverty and ignorance and the subjugation of women in certain countries.

From the Paper
"Plato describes the cave as an underground dwelling with an entrance up at a distance. The men that live there are chained. They can only see in front of them. (They represent the uneducated). A fire that provides them light, but it is above and behind them. Between the light and them is a path that has a low wall alongside it. Men carry all sorts of things along the wall. But, the chained men only see the shadows cast by the fire and believe the shadows to be the real objects. (This is the world of shadows)."

Tags:king, knowledge, human, responsibility, modern, poverty, a, ignorance, subjugation, women

Abstract
In Plato's "The Allegory of the Cave," this ancient Greek philosopher describes what he believes is the true nature of reality and the average unenlightened person's perception of this reality. This paper presents an overview of the allegory and an interpretation as the author of the paper understands it.

From the Paper
"With this simile Plato describes his basic philosophy. The world, objects, and ideas people physically come into contact with are only representations, or shadows, of the real unchanging true form of that object that can not be seen with the eyes, heard with the ears, or thought about in physical terms. The forms in which we come in to contact only have their form because of their relationship with the true form. To accept these changing and imperfect things as real is naive and ignorant, like those stuck inside of the cave. The only way one can know true reality of these unreal changing forms is to seek the real unchanging form through questioning, thought, and reason. In doing this one can come to know the good and gain an understanding of the non-physical world."

Tags:unenlightened, shadows

Abstract
The paper briefly discusses the relevance of the allegory of the cave to contemporary organizational law by drawing upon the author's experiences as a member of law enforcement, where the struggle between the spirit of the law and the letter of the law are constant. The paper addresses the sources of conflict that naturally result from this dialectical relationship, as well as the mechanisms that we use to avoid or subvert ideas that appear different from our own, and challenge the status quo. Finally, the paper concludes with some suggestions which the writer hopes to use to foster and tolerate diversity of opinion and perception.

From the Paper
"This article analyses the tension between reality and perception as illustrated in Plato's allegory of the cave. It briefly discusses the relevance of the allegory to contemporary organizational law by drawing upon the author's experiences as a member of law enforcement, where the struggle between the spirit of the Law and the letter of the law are constant. The sources of conflict that naturally results from this dialectical relationship is addressed, as well as the mechanisms that we use to avoid or subvert ideas that appear different from our own, and challenge the status quo. Finally, I conclude with some suggestions, which..."

Tags:perception, vs, reality

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This paper examines the connection between Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" and Aristotle's "Poetics" in terms of imitation and originality. The paper explores both realms and looks at how they are related in terms of art and human nature. The paper concludes that both philosophers tend to agree that the course of understanding the separation of realms and traveling from the imitative to the truthful one is very painful.

From the Paper
"If the visible realm and truthful realm were in fact paralleled horizontally, the visible would be that closest to the ground. Justification for such placement is due to the fact that the sun, above the truthful, would in fact cast shadows and therefore give birth to a line mirrored beneath it. Plato illustrates this picture by saying that when it comes to visible figures, people "are not really thinking about them, but about the originals which they resemble.""

Tags:visible, original, imitation, shadows, traveling

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This paper argues that the hypothetical city of the "Republic" satisfies the definition of justice. First, commonly identified inequalities in the three-tiered society are presented, such as the denial of personal autonomy, family, love and the fulfillment of one's potential. It also shows how, upon more comprehensive analysis, these objections become unpinned by Plato's conception of the project as a whole.

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"Perhaps the most fundamental objection to the City is the entirely undemocratic nature of its construction. The foundation for the division between the citizen and guardian classes lies squarely in the assumption that all people are not created equal. Such an assertion, while superficially apparent in individual variation in everything from artistic skill to physical prowess, denies the value of life in and of itself. This opens the door to the literal expandability of the less-competent members of society, making each person a means to an end and stripped of their value as a rationale being. Instead, each individual is an appendage of the state. If the citizens' personal desires run contrary to those of the City, they are denied the ability to use their will in pursuit of the said ends. "

Tags:abortion, autonomy, body, cave, citizens, democracy, education, family

Abstract
This paper examines Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" from "The Republic" and argues that the allegory accurately represents the human condition morally, cognitively, spiritually, and culturally. The paper discusses Plato's argument that human beings are ignorant of universal truths as well as his idea of the just state.

From the Paper
"The Allegory of the Cave accurately represents the human condition culturally, morally, cognitively and spiritually. It does so because within it Plato posits the notion that most human beings are ignorant of the truth of reality universal truths, but through proper teaching and learning individuals have the capacity to discover this truth themselves. The main goal of Plato's Republic is to illustrate a model of the just state. The realization of such a state requires good men. What constitutes the good and proper life is learning..."

Tags:ideas, forms, essence, truth, knowledge, dialectic, learning, good, shadows, illusions, nature, sun

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The following paper explores the fascinating and natural wonders of Ohio Caverns, the premier cave system in the state of Ohio, the general geology of the state of Ohio, and a basic overview of cave formation related to the various geological features of a limestone-based cavern system such as found in Ohio Caverns. In addition, this paper briefly examines how Ohio Caverns compare to other cave systems in the world, especially to Carlsbad Caverns in the state of New Mexico.

From the Paper
"The formation of a cavern system is perhaps one of the most amazing aspects of geology, due to the fact that caverns often display formations and features that seemingly defy natural forces like gravity, erosion and the passage of time. Generally, the most common type of cavern system is based on limestone, a "sedimentary rock made up of calcium deposits laid down in the earth's strata over millions of years" and which when placed under extreme pressure turns into marble and related metamorphic rocks (Gilbreath, 145). These types of limestone-based caverns are known as solution caves which are created through the interaction of various gases (i.e., CO2) and water seeping down from above. This combination of CO2 and water creates carbonic acid which then dissolves the limestone and carries with it minerals dissolved into a solution. "

Tags:limestone, rock, Carlsbad