... Plato's philosophy is depicted in Allegory of the Cave. The allegory of the liberation of the slave from darkness, deceit, and untruth and the slave's hard journey into the light and warmth of the truth has inspired many philosophers and social leaders. (Palmer, p.59) in the allegory of the cave: Sensible Realm vs ... . Realm of Forms The Cave Outside of Cave Source of error Source of true knowledge and all reality Ignorance Exists in dependently of our minds Senses deceive (changing) (being, unchanging/eternal) This is Plato's two-layer view of reality. For Plato it is the difference ......

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2. Critically compare and contrast the views on human nature of any two of the thinkers studied in this unit. Which, in your judgement, is the more persuasive of the two views? Why? Plato and Aristotle come to very different conclusions about the aspects that occupy the central understanding of human nature. Both men possessed a superior intellect; indeed, this is an illustrative example of how, their fundamental differences included the theory of the forms, immortality and their contrasting views on human virtues. They differ radically in these issues, but are close in others, such as their v...

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... alone are responsible for detaching philosophy from the real world. A case in point is the prevalent acceptance of Plato's dichotomy between mind/soul and body. This distinction has been presented in many forms : real vs ideal; spirit vs flesh; earthly vs ethereal; temporal vs eternal; imperfect vs perfect. If the layman were looking for support that philosophy has nothing to do with life in the real ... world, he could find no finer advocate than Plato, who in the Phaedo speaks through Socrates and suggests that to do philosophy ... be able to philosophise. The reason why I am so cond...

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