Read Plato’s\u00a0Allegory of the Cave\u00a0in your textbook and consider the struggle to leave the cave and perceive the world of the Forms.\u00a0 What do you think Plato was trying to say with this allegory and who do you think the chained prisoners were meant to be?\u00a0 What type of knowledge is necessary to perceive the Forms-is it different from just belief and opinion?\u00a0 \u00a0Does Plato think that most people can leave the cave?\u00a0 Have you ever been in a kind of cave and had to work to see things differently or change your mind about something?\u00a0 Was it similar to the kind of struggle Plato describes here?Film:\u00a0Groundhog DayI think it’s a wonderful example of deciding to live an examined life.Questions to consider for\u00a0Groundhog Day\u00a0as you view the film through the eyes of a philosopher:1.\u00a0 How does the film relate to Socrates\u2019 claim that the unexamined life is not worth living?2.\u00a0 How does the film relate to the allegory of the cave in Plato\u2019s\u00a0Republic?3.\u00a0 How does the film relate to Socrates\u2019 claim that happiness (eudemonia) lies in exercising all the soul\u2019s powers and striving for excellence (ar\u00eate) in all areas of life?4.\u00a0 How does the film relate to Plato\u2019s claim that the virtuous man will seek to understand the good and through that process become good and do good himself?\u00a05.\u00a0 How does the film relate to Socrates\u2019 and Plato\u2019s claim about the central connections between humans and their souls.\u00a0 Do you see evidence of any or all of Plato\u2019s forms of love (philia,\u00a0eros,\u00a0agape) in the film?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Read Plato’s\u00a0Allegory of the Cave\u00a0in your textbook and consider the struggle to leave the cave and perceive the world of the Forms.\u00a0 What do you think Plato was trying to say with this allegory and who do you think the chained prisoners were meant to be?\u00a0 What type of knowledge is necessary to perceive the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-10642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research-paper-writing","tag-philosophy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10642\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}