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Explorations<\/h3>\r\n
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  1. Plato chooses to create this section of The Republic<\/em> as a narrative allegory. First, look up the word \u201callegory.\u201d Analyze the meaning of some of the allegorical elements: the prisoners, the jailers, the cave, the shadows on the cave wall, the journey out of the cave, the sun, among others. How do they function in Plato\u2019s narrative? This foundational narrative has many interpretations. How might Plato\u2019s allegory be used to analyze education?<\/li>\r\n \t
  2. Analyze the use of one of Plato\u2019s sustained metaphors in the \u201cAllegory.\u201d Why does Plato say that \u201clike ourselves\u201d the prisoners in the cave \u201csee only their own shadows, or the shadows of one another?\u201d How might we be prisoners like these characters and how do we escape from our imprisonment in the shadow cave?<\/li>\r\n \t
  3. The final sections of Plato\u2018s \u201cAllegory\u201d discuss the ethical responsibilities of those individuals who have escaped the cave and perceived the \u201ctruth\u201d of existence. He discusses how these enlightened individuals, the philosophers who have \u201cseen the beautiful and just and good,\u201d have a duty not just to contemplate the truth but to help govern the state. Is that true? How is this belief related to Plato\u2019s idea of good government?<\/li>\r\n \t
  4. In another interesting use of the \u201cAllegory of the Cave,\u201d Peg O\u2019Connor uses the story as a lens to analyze the process of addiction and recovery. Read the New York Times<\/em> column here: http:\/\/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com\/2012\/01\/08\/out-of-the-cave-philosophy-and-addiction\/.<\/a> Do you think this is a valid use of Plato? Have you ever been trapped in a cave by something? Apply the \u201cAllegory\u201d<\/em> to help interpret another process, or, attempt to use the \u201cAllegory\u201d to interpret something from your experience\u2014your education, learning to play a sport, an addictive behavior, or another example.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","rendered":"

    Explorations<\/h3>\n
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    1. Plato chooses to create this section of The Republic<\/em> as a narrative allegory. First, look up the word \u201callegory.\u201d Analyze the meaning of some of the allegorical elements: the prisoners, the jailers, the cave, the shadows on the cave wall, the journey out of the cave, the sun, among others. How do they function in Plato\u2019s narrative? This foundational narrative has many interpretations. How might Plato\u2019s allegory be used to analyze education?<\/li>\n
    2. Analyze the use of one of Plato\u2019s sustained metaphors in the \u201cAllegory.\u201d Why does Plato say that \u201clike ourselves\u201d the prisoners in the cave \u201csee only their own shadows, or the shadows of one another?\u201d How might we be prisoners like these characters and how do we escape from our imprisonment in the shadow cave?<\/li>\n
    3. The final sections of Plato\u2018s \u201cAllegory\u201d discuss the ethical responsibilities of those individuals who have escaped the cave and perceived the \u201ctruth\u201d of existence. He discusses how these enlightened individuals, the philosophers who have \u201cseen the beautiful and just and good,\u201d have a duty not just to contemplate the truth but to help govern the state. Is that true? How is this belief related to Plato\u2019s idea of good government?<\/li>\n
    4. In another interesting use of the \u201cAllegory of the Cave,\u201d Peg O\u2019Connor uses the story as a lens to analyze the process of addiction and recovery. Read the New York Times<\/em> column here: http:\/\/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com\/2012\/01\/08\/out-of-the-cave-philosophy-and-addiction\/.<\/a> Do you think this is a valid use of Plato? Have you ever been trapped in a cave by something? Apply the \u201cAllegory\u201d<\/em> to help interpret another process, or, attempt to use the \u201cAllegory\u201d to interpret something from your experience\u2014your education, learning to play a sport, an addictive behavior, or another example.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\t\t\t
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