Plato, Alegory of the cave

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Plato, Alegory of the cave

Postby sewcute » Tue Sep 30, 2003 4:32:22

Ah! it is opened! I may finally post!

Last year, we read the apology and the one following, I forgot the name of it. . .and we learned of the alegory of the cave. It is very a interesting subject. . .is there anyone else out there that knows about it and would care to discuss it?
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Postby madd74 » Tue Sep 30, 2003 22:58:49

I do not remember that, of course I believe I only ready the last two parts of the book... so do tell.
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Postby sewcute » Wed Oct 01, 2003 2:15:31

I am not sure if it was actually in those two books, but I learned about it at the same time. . .

but it is basically

we are in a cave, and all we see are shadows of the real things there are. And when person A realizes that it is just a cave, and tries to tell everyone else about it, but no one believes them, because they dont want to.

then there was something else, and I am not sure if this is the same thing, but all the things we have today, were already invented, and we just get them when we are ready for them.

I am going to do a little more research on it. . .I was sorta hoping to find a new human to discuss it with.
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Postby madd74 » Wed Oct 01, 2003 10:22:45

Um, is this like literally we are all in a cave?
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Postby sewcute » Fri Oct 03, 2003 6:57:36

yes we are all chained to the cave, and just watch everything as shadows on the wall
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Postby madd74 » Mon Oct 13, 2003 14:30:50

Hmm... sounds like the brain in the vat experiement.
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Postby sewcute » Tue Oct 14, 2003 3:38:56

the what? I do not remember hearing of this.
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Postby madd74 » Tue Oct 21, 2003 12:08:04

see upcoming post "Brain in a Vat"
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Postby sewcute » Wed Oct 29, 2003 7:50:49

I am not sure if it is the same thing. . .I wish I could explain it better, but it has been a year since I took that class and learned of it. . .I need to find some humans that already know about it to discuss it with. . .patience
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Postby madd74 » Wed Oct 29, 2003 12:47:39

oh... you are not sure... did you read all the information on the Brain in a Vat that I posted?
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Postby sewcute » Thu Oct 30, 2003 0:55:54

I did nto read the links but yes I read everything else. I am not explaining the alegory very well and I think that is hindering things. I am sorry
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Postby madd74 » Fri Oct 31, 2003 13:31:21

that is fine... maybe you can find a link about it and post it...
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Postby sewcute » Mon Nov 03, 2003 11:35:24

as long as you can wait until june for the link. . .

I am not going to spend the only internet time I have researching it.
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Postby madd74 » Mon Nov 03, 2003 12:55:28

hehehe, that is fine... or post as much information as possible here and maybe I can research it
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Postby sewcute » Tue Nov 04, 2003 4:57:14

I did. that is all I really remember. course, in my notebooks at home, I have more info.
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