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Essay Instructions: In book Seven of The Republic, Plato describes a cavern in which a group of prisoners have been shackled with their heads fixed in place, all facing a wall upon which they observe flickering shadows, with no knowledge of the real outside world. The Allegory of the Cave can be interpreted,
simply, as a metaphorical representation of a theory of knowledge, in which only the true philosopher- not the rest of us- can perceive reality(i.e., what is truly good and just). However, this allegory also has serious political
consequences and may be read as a critique of democracy.
What is Plato's main complaint of democracy? Is this complaint still relevant today? What would Plato think about American democracy?

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Essay Instructions: Discuss the main theme of "The Allegory of the Cave" in connection with today's college students own experiences of evolution and their transformation as an emerging heroic being following a collegiate course of study such as an aircraft pilot.How is the college student like the figure that is removed from the cave and brought forth into the sunlight?

Essay Instructions: To use a book A World of Ideas. Plato The Allegory of the Cave.In what ways would depending on tha material world for one's highest moral values affect ethical behavior? Whot is connection between ethics and materialism?How can people aspire to the good if they root their greatest pleasures in the senses?What alternatives do modern people have if they choose to base their actions on nonmaterialistic, or spiritual, values?How can they guide our ethical behavior? Corporate court among Lao-Tzu "Thoughts from the Tao-te Ching", Niccolo Machiavelli "The Qualities of the Prince" and Plato "The Allegory of the Cave". Thank you.

Essay Instructions: Write an essay that analyzes and makes a claim about at least two readings from the text.("The Allegory of the Cave" by Plato and "The Four Idols" by Francis Bacon.)You should analyze the text in such a way that the reader comes away with a deeper understanding both of the texts and of the analytical claim of your own that you are making.

The essay should develop and support a point about the text. Work with difficult parts of the text that are challenging or confusing in some way. Use the questions at the end of the essays to help get ideas. You should analyze the text so you can develop a point. Your essay should not be a general survey of points about the text. You need to have overall significant, insightful point to make. Don't try to "cover" the text, and don't follow the organization of the text you're analyzing; instead, have a single, very small focused point of your own you want to make about the relationship between the texts.
Your audience consists of your colleagues in the class, they do not have the book open in front of them so contextualize your quotations for them.
The paper should have a one paragraph introduction that includes the full names of the writers of the texts you are primarily writing about, and the titles of the texts. Include brief (one or two sentence)summaries of the texts. you will be comparing. The last sentence of this paragraph should be your thesis statement.
You must use at least one quotation in every body paragraph. Introduce and contextualize your quotations, and cite them properly.