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This 15 page paper gives an in depth analysis of Plato's Allegory of the Cave, including symbolism and theme. Aristotle's philosophy on knowledeg and reason are contrasted and compared with Plato. Other philosophical questions pertaining to Aquinas' ideas of faith anre reason, Descarte's philosophy of doubt, and Aristotle's defense of incontinence are exampled, cited, quoted from texts. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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of constant contemplation by many of the classical philosophers, including Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, and Aquinas. But how much did they influence one another in the development of their own philosophies?
And at which point do they depart from one another? This paper will not only seek to illustrate some of the major tenants of Platos Allegory of the Cave, but
will also endeavor to contrast and compare the philosophies of Descartes, Aquinas, and Aristotle. In the myth of the cave, Plato describes these people who are chained in the far
recesses of the cave. They line of sight is limited and they cannot see one another. As a matter of fact, the only thing that they can see are shadows
on the side of the cave wall. "To them, I said, the truth would be literally nothing but the shadows of the images"(Plato, Book VII, 515c). These shadows
take different forms, sometimes animals, sometimes human. One day, one of the people breaks free from the chains and makes it back to the outside of the cave into the
light. He is so inspired by the sunlight that he conspires to return to his comrades and tell them of the things he has seen so that they, too, will
attempt to free themselves. What he has realized is that what they had seen all along on the wall of the cave were mere representations of reality, and not reality
at all, that the real world is in the sunlight. The broad allegory, here, then, is that the dark confines of the
cave represent the surreal world of appearances. When the one man escapes to the outside, the cave becomes a type of conduit, or birth canal which brings him into the
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