Plato's Cave

I love the music you used for the soundtrack. Could you possibly list the songs that were played in this video?

Well done!
The cave is a super script for a professional movie/blockbuster!

this helped me so much with my philiosophy AS homework.

i have to write a blog of the 'enlightened prisoner" and this is great!

thanks for putting this on here!!

The person who says ignorance is bliss does not see the shallowness of the bliss. There are levels of depth to happiness and the depth of the happiness that is acquired in cave land is far less profound than that of the "real" world. Socrates is also saying that our world is NOT the real world, but it is MORE real than the shadow-cave world, therefor the happiness that can be achieved in the more real world is that much more profound.

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me too!

and i in turn, fully(ish) concur with you.

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"The people in the cave were not being abused"

Being chained by the neck and wrists is not abuse? Forcing a person into blissful ignorance is perhaps the greatest human injustice. To me, philosophy comes down to 2 distinct suppositions: man is free or man is not free. Happiness, truth, good, bad - those are all subjective ideas based on the reality of an individual. Freedom guarantees nothing except opportunity.

actually, guys, plato really believes that the world within the cave is no more and no less real than the world outside. he's trying to make you question the reliability of our perceptions.

Truth is bringing depth and voice to the shadows, and in doing so, could bring depth and voice to the viewer. A sense of undeniable fulfillment comes from the discovery of truth, and with only shadows to teach, it becomes a life as deep as shadows for the viewer.
This problem can be seen in the teaching and learning of cults by brainwashing. Those not in the cults see a greater picture - a better perspective that is not so mislead.

Thank you for inviting argument. :)
I needed the discussion.