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This video helped deepen my understanding by refreshing my mind on Plato's The Allegory of the Cave and helped me realize what the objects within his story meant and symbolized. I believe that this served as a good review because it strengthened my mindset on this topic.

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The video helped deepen my understanding by going more into detail and telling me what some of the symbolism ment. This video served as a good review because it covers most of what the other videos shown to the class had went over plus it includes what every object in The Allegory of the Cave symbolized.

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Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWlUKJIMge4
This video helped deepen our understanding by explaining the connections between the different parts in the allegory and what they represented in Plato's intended message. For example, the sun represented reason.

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This video deepened my understanding because it it not only summarized the story but also described the symbolism behind the objects that are mentioned in the Allegory of the Cave

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This video helped us understand the meaning behind the allegory of the cave and the message that Plato was trying to give. Plato was trying to tell us that we must open our eyes and must venture out of the cave, being the expectations of our society. We can fix errors in our own reasoning, just as the man had to accept that the shadows were not the real living things. The path out of the cave which we live in is philosophy, by doing this the world will become more clear.

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This video helped me more thoroughly  understand the allegory of the cave because it explained the metaphors and why Plato wrote it.

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This video helped me better understand the concept of The Allegory of the Cave. It made me realize how Plato saw Philosophy as "the sun" that is the great escape from the cave. It also made me realize the deeper meaning behind the Allegory.

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This video deepened my understanding of The Allegory of the Cave because it went into more detail and symplified the symbolism in the writing. With the other videos already in mind, this explained both sides, the man who left the cave and the people still inside. This video served a good review because it went into more depth and helped me grasp the ideas more.

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This video helped me create a visual and a reference for the story because it put it in familiar terms and images. While I feel that I had a good grasp of the message and story prior to watching this video, I think it helped me to understand it in more simpler terms. It was a good review and helped me to make sure I understood it correctly.

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This video helped to deepen my understanding of Plato's Allegory of the Cave because the video gave more insight to how the situation of the people in the cave had played out. There was more understanding of the thoughts of the person who had seen the sun and explanation to why this person would want to tell the others in the cave.

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This link further helped explain this with great visuals. This helped my understanding of this concept and strengthen it.

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The cave in Plato's allegory represents a person's mind before the understanding of philosophy. The light represents reasoning. The chains represent anything that restricts anything that may restrict you from the truth. The darkness may represent the thought of not understanding the truth. The people within the cave represent individuals who do not have a understanding of philosophy.

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PLATO - Allegory of the Cave Animated) Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dlmsULpgjI

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PLATO - Allegory of the Cave Animated) Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dlmsULpgjI

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This video helped serve as a good review mainly because it was animated and captions so I could visually see how the story plays out as well as read the text if anything couldn't be understood and was represented visually in the video.

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The video helped deepen my understanding because it visualized the situation. It gave more insight and detail to help understand what the people were going through. The video also gave explanations as to why the person wanted to go back and tell the others about what is real.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dlmsULpgjI
This video on The Allegory of the Cave served as a good review since it was well animated for me to see exactly what was going on.

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The cave in Plato's allegory represents how people don't have a deep sense of what is real . We have a misunderstanding of reality.
cave: the superficial reality where nothing is the real thing
chains: our ignorance from being uninformed holding us down
light: the real thing or education of a higher level
darkness: not knowing everything and being uneducated

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The cave in Plato's allegory stands for our minds before philosophy was introduced. The light represents reasoning and the chains represent anything that could restrain you from learning philosophy. The darkness represents not understanding the truth. The people in the cave represent people who haven't had philosophy introduced in their life.

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This video covered all the points from Plato's Allegory of the Cave by simplifying Plato's points to a more easily understood claim.

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In Plato's Allegory of the Cave, the cave can represent a lack of education or a lack of deeper meaning/value in the material things of life. Some other metaphors in the allegory are the following:
chains // our superficial beliefs, uninformed, chaining us to an unenlightened life
light // truth, the education and understanding of a higher level
darkness // untruth, not knowing the enlightenment of what is real and what is simply an idea
prisoners // all individuals who have not been educated and are stuck with superficial beliefs
shadows // the ideas, accepted truths, just a representative of what is actually real
objects // real things, objects we learn to accept as truth
outside of the cave // enlightenment, freedom from the material world to understand the reality of the universe

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The cave represents there being a lack of education and ignorant people who don't want to accept the truth.
Chains: The chains represent what people base their knowledge on. The chains put on the people did not allow them to move their head so they were forced to look at shadow the whole time. They then developed the idea that he shadows were real but it was based on what they saw.
Light: The light represents truth. When the man leaves the cave, the light that comes from the sun allows him to observe and object in his surroundings and that they were not shadows.
Darkness: The darkness represents ignorance and people's lives without philosophy and how they are not able to see the truth.
Prisoners: The prisoners are those who have not been enlightened and have not seen the truth.

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In Plato's allegory, the cave represents the place we are all born in, and it is known to be a place for ignorant people that have not been enlightened with reason, but instead believe everything they have been taught to believe since a young age. The sun represents reason. The people in the cave represent people before philosophy. The man that came out of the cave represents the philosophers. The chains represent the limited knowledge the public allows them to have.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tVj7FmrqWs      Vincent

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This video served as a good review of the Allegory of the Cave, likening aspects of it to modern day life in order to make the concept a tad more understandable. It's a good way of helping the audience figure out what's what, or by further clarifying the things they've already made connections to.

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The cave in Plato's allegory represents what life is like without education because the people in the cave are only seeing and understanding fragments of reality. The chains are bonds that society has put on the people in the cave so that it is hard for them to ever be educated. The light is knowledge and even though it might be blinding at first, your eyes will slowly start to better see and view the knowledge. The darkness is the shadows and absence of reality and knowledge.

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This video helped me better understand the Allegory of the Cave by dividing the video into half concise summary and half explanation. The video itself used fair visual representations that relate to the allegory.

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This video goes into more depth, and makes it easier to understand what the allegory it saying and it is clear what the different parts of the allegory represents.

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This video helped me to understand the Allegory of the Cave because it explained every part of the allegory in simple detail, rather than some of the other videos that explained some things only briefly. It contained visuals and narration that helped to explain the allegory.

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https://youtu.be/_dlmsULpgjI

This video helped deepen my understanding because they gave the story of the allegory of the cave as well as they translated what Plato was trying to explain in the text.

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The linked video above, helped me better understand the meaning of what Plato was stating in the Allegory of the Cave. The video goes in detail on how society, now and in the past, are still very much alike as we are always in the dark.

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In Plato's Allegory, the cave essentially stands in as this mindset, or rather, atmosphere ignorance. The people inside have only ever known said ignorance, as they were raised around it. The light outside however, as with the area around it(outside the cave), essentially represents the truth, as does everything outside. Here, after awhile of learning to let go of one's ignorance, the person who comes out finally learns about the light, or rather, truth. The chains represent the remaining population's stubbornness, their refusal to try and see what the enlightened person is talking about. They stubbornly cling to what they've known, and wouldn't dare to go up and see what this light or "truth" is. The darkness is this, muddled reality that the remaining population knows of. They believe themselves to be truly smart and knowledgeable because of their ability to link the correct names to each shadow...but they'll never truly know of the actual beings that hold those shadows

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The cave stands for the people who are too ignorant to follow philosophy and where the starting point is for all people. It is a choice to either leave "the cave" and have the want to learn or stay in the cave and live through the "phantoms" created in our heads or by society. The light is philosophy and the dark is the trapped minds of the people unwilling to invest time in learning. The chains are an example of a part of society that holds people in place making it harder to expand their knowledge and unable to see the truth.

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The cave in Plato's allegory represents how life without critical thinking or philosophy is like, with this being represented with how the fire in cave only produced illusions rather than when the prisoner went outside and discovered reality and began to ponder over it, developing his own way of thinking different than that of the prisoners that remained in the cave.

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This video helped deepen my understanding because it helped refresh my mind on what the Allegory of the Cave is and what it symbolizes. This video helped me understand better what Plato was trying to get across by writing this.

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The cave in Allegory of the Cave represents how life without a thought of reality or philosophy would would affect the people being imprisoned. The chains represent the prisoners will. Meaning that what they believe is binding them from their own way of thinking. The light represents the full understanding of what you believe, your own living proof. The darkness is what supports what isn't really reality.

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Watching this video helps deepened my understanding of the Allegory of the Cave by one refreshing me on what the text was about. As well as refreshing my memory it helped me have a better understanding of Plato's purpose of the text.

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The cave in Plato´s allegory stands for the fake reality that people perceive to be true. The chains represent things that keep people from learning what is real.They are stubborn and are not open to new ideas.The light represents reality. Darkness represents the lies that surround the people and keep them from the truth

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The cave stands for the untrue reality that people believe is reality.
The chains represent the people that have kept certain humans in place and kept them from learning new things and seeing what's real.
The light represents the truth that people see,
The darkness represents the lies that surround the people in the cave and keeps these people from the truth.

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Cave: The cave represents a home that people creates for themselves that is where the people are most comfortable.
Chains: The chains represent a lack of education and enlightenment.
Sun Light: The light represents the reality of the world.
Fire: The fire is creating a false reality that the prisoners experience. It is mimicking the sun, true reality, and providing the people with a false idea of reality.
Darkness: The darkness represents the uneducated people and objects around us preventing us from seeing true reality. They allow the prisoners to see only the fire from the light.

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I believe that the cave is a place where people who don't want to understand philosophy are located. They are prisoners in the cave because they will never have the opportunity to see "the sun," which is philosophy. Some elements that Plato uses in the allegory such as, chains, light, and darkness are examples of things in society. For example, I believe that the chains are people's opinions that won't let them fully understand the light. I believe the light are the ideas of philosophy. The darkness is the lack of philosophy in the cave because there is no light to shine in the cave.

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cave and dark - Ignorance; The people described in the Allegory are living in a world of lies, misleading beliefs, and misunderstanding.
chains - Stubbornness; What keeps the people in the dark are the chains or stubbornness or persistence of their beliefs.
sun and light - Harsh truth and philosophy; The sun and light represent truth or enlightenment. It provided the freed person a gateway to reality, and it harmed it because sometimes accepting the truth and doing away with your cherished beliefs can be a painful process.
shadows - lies, false perception of reality; These are what fueled the people's false sense of reality.

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The cave represents a false reality that people fall for. The chains are the things holding people back from discovering the true reality with no false perceptions. The light symbolizes the truth. The darkness represents the lies being put forth from a false reality.

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Cave= The cave represents ignorance.

Chains= The Chains represent the conditions you are born and forced into.

Shadows= The shadows are the false ideas created from ignorance.

Light=Light is philosophy and the correct way of thinking.

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This deepened our understanding within philosophy on reality because it shows how the human mind works and what we view as reality.

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The cave represents a home that a person creates for themself that is where they're most comfortable. The chains that hold the prisoners still could represent the ignorance that plagues our society and keeps them from moving or becoming more knowledgeable to the things around them. The darkness that surrounds them in the space in which their minds are in, totally oblivious, unable to see whats around them. The shadows of the people and object that pass the cave is the way people see some of the things in the world, they see the reflection of what is really there, but not what is actually there.

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The cave in Plato's allegory stands for the idea of how society is in the dark and how our perception is blinded by our stubbornness. The chains represent the fact that people are raised with certain ideas, and that those ideas are correct. The light stands for philosophy and how it is the key to knowing what is right from wrong. The darkness represents the lack of philosophy and how we are filled with ignorance.

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Plato uses his comparisons to make his argument that people are ignorant to new ideas. By comparing the shadows to be the truth of the people in the cave and the sun to being the truth of other people, it is shows that people have differing beliefs to what is correct and true. As one person had been freed from the cave, he was able to see the sun and its own bit of realities. After seeing this new truth, he goes back to the people in the cave and tries to tell them that the shadows are not as true as what is outside of the cave. When the people of the cave do not believe the man's claims, this shows the ignorance that people have to new ideas. People are not able to see different possible realities when they already believe in their own.

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Plato uses his comparisons to make his argument that people are ignorant and just want to continue believing the lies. He uses his comparisons to make his argument by helping explain his ideas. The darkness is the lies people believe and the light is reality. When one person was released from the cave and witnessed reality, the others in the dark did not believe he was telling the truth. People are ignorant and would rather believe that they are correct.

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The cave in Plato's allegory stand for the mind set that we have since we are children. We are surrounded with certain ideas of what the perfect life is. The ideas being the shadows that the prisoners  saw on the walls of the cave. And the sun or world representing the knew knowledge achieved and the realization that occurred. The adjustment to the new world is a result of the study of philosophy.

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Within politics, it's basically impossible to serve yourself and the public. It's been proven several times ranging from elections to passing laws that when you only stand behind your own opinions, you'll have next to none supporters due to the fact of them thinking that their well-being is not being taken into consideration.

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Comparisons help make his argument and explain his point better by providing examples about how the public is ignorant to being educated on new theories from philosophers. These people are stuck in a superficial reality and his argument is how we need someone enlighten of these ideas to educate everyone.

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The cave represents a fake reality that people fall for. The chains represent anything that is holding us back from seeing the truth. The darkness represents knowing nothing and being uneducated. The light symbolizes the truth/ reality and the higher education.

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I believe Plato uses his comparisons to show people that while they look on the material world, to things such as silver and gold, they should rather be looking to what those things represent, virtue and wisdom. The only way to look past these material images, or perhaps, these "shadows" and find "truth" is by not gaining knowledge with one's senses, but rather through one's reasoning on philosophy.

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Firstly, Plato's argument is that if one pursues their own idealistic thinking, then it will not be possible for them to relate with another's different frame of mind. And these comparisons help validate that argument because as we see described in the allegory of the cave, once the prisoner is released to the outside world and discovers reality, then going back to the prisoners and both of them not wanting to come to a comparison with the other's "flawed" thinking because they believe theirs is more superior and realistic than the others.

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Plato's argument is that people are born with little to no knowledge of the truth due to the  ideas that were embedded in our heads by the public from an early age.  He claims that only some let themselves be enlightened(or break free from the chains), but when they go to share their wisdom with others, they are ignored or threatened because we live in an ignorant and stubborn society. He uses comparisons to make his argument by comparing the shadows that the people in the cave think are reality to the actual objects that cast the shadow, which are reality, but isn't accepted to be the truth by the public.

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The cave in Plato's Allegory of the Cave stands for an individual's mind before coming into contact with actual reality. It shows an abstract version of reality instead of the real thing. The chains that hold the prisoners down represent the close-mindedness of humans because when you open your mind (or become released from the chains) you are able to comprehend much more. The darkness represents an ordinary person's train of thought and the light represents a philosopher's way of thinking, how they are able to think around reality instead of within.

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Plato argues that people with their own minds (which are the philosophers) should not be brought together with those who follow someone's right of mind. He uses these comparisons to strengthen his argument towards those who don't follow their own path to enlightenment.

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Plato's argument in The Allegory of the Cave is that philosophy can improves one life and heighten their senses of the outside world, instead of living in a world of biased beliefs. By comparing many things to one another in the essay like gold and silver to virtue and wisdom, shows that both of these groups are considered valuable. For the life of the mid to the work of governing, Plato depicts that both of these subjects may be involved with bias thoughts. Because Plato is comparing things to one another, he helps the reader have a deeper understanding of his argument.

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This is a really odd one. In my opinion, contemporary politics may actually contradict this. We can see it in things such as say, a...pro-gun movement. When discussing the politics of things like things like this, your private advantage in this case for keeping guns might be that you don't have to do away with your gun collection. At the same time, while you protest the need, or rather the want to ban guns, you also serve in the public affairs of a lot of the general populace who are indeed pro-gun, like, y'know, right to bear arms and all that. Can't say much other than that though, I'm not particularly versed in politics. Don't think I want to be. A lot of (in my opinion) stupidity in that area right now. Not enough facts, people are instead right now focused on getting followers via emotion instead of logic and reasoning.

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Contemporary politics bear the fact that working on public affairs and working for one's own private advantage cannot mix assertion out because this talks about the discussion of I and we and there is always a negative to working towards each. An example is taxes and how it is good for the common good, but most don't vote for this because it takes their money.

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Plato uses comparisons to help solidify he's original comparison of ignorance and philosophy. Plato's trying to address the problem of ignorance and stubborn thoughts. When Plato compares things like the material world and the world of ideas, it is to compare facts and proof to opinions and personal thoughts.

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I believe that contemporary politics bears this assertion because glancing over many issues that have arise in politics there are always drastically different views for sides that are proposing solutions, and this goes on until a side gives in to the other or it may go unresolved. This bears Plato's assertion that working for the people as well as for yourself is not possible because it is represented in the the allegory of the cave with the prisoners that remained in the cave being one side and the prisoner that discovered reality being the other.

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The material world is the world of ideas are compared as living in a cave and living in the open in the allegory of the cave the people who live in the cave are uneducated and the people who live in the light are enlightened and smart.

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Through Allegory of the Cave, Plato argues that there is a world more real that the world that we know, leading us to the assertion that we have the ability to one day become enlightened. This argument is enhanced by the various comparisons made by Plato in that they help us to understand the differences and likeness between certain things, connecting this abstract argument to the world we are familiar with. For example, we are better able to understand the contrast between the world of ideas (shadows) and the material world with the symbolism in the allegory, which allows us to connect it to our version of reality.

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Plato's argument that people make the choice to follow their own ideal ways of thinking is supported through the comparisons made in his argument. He argues that there is world of philosophy and a world of ignorance. People are so wrapped up in being right that they don't look up at the world around them to see the truth of the world. He uses the material of the world as the ignorant people and the world of ideas for philosopher and people who are willing to learn. In Plato's argument, the comparisons help him make the point that people are blind to the truth and are interested only in their ideas.

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Plato uses his comparisons to make his argument that philosophy can help enlighten ones life. By Plato using the comparisons between silver and gold to virtue and wisdom he's trying to show how valuable they are. Plato uses these comparisons by trying to help his audience have a better understanding of what more ideas are out there.

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Plato's actual arguement is that some people in society are unfortunately ignorant to the realities of the world, and they've been that way since birth. Also, even though someone may be living proof that there is more out there than the illusions that they see, they don't want to listen. So much to the point that they would shun and hurt the people who will try to open their eyes to the wonders that the real world contains. Plato uses these comparison's to make his arguement one thing is something that people strive for and want, but it not necessarily what they need or something that will benefit them.

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If you are trying to serve yourself in politics, you will only try to become as powerful as possible without benefit to the public and take the public's money and taxes without really putting any of it back and into the repairs and structure of the the community. If you are trying to serve the community in politics, you will indirectly help yourself because if the community that you live in is better for everyone then when you are out of office you will be able to enjoy it as much as anyone else.

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Plato uses his comparisons to make his argument that philosophy is an important part of everyone's lives. What I believe Plato's purpose in making these comparisons was to help further explain that rather than looking at the object itself, look at the bigger picture and ask yourself questions about what the object's purpose in being around is. Ask questions about the object and understand on a deeper level as to what the object's significance in this world really is. Dig deeper than what is on the surface.

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By using comparisons in his argument, Plato is addressing the fact that most things in life mean more than what we see directly, as we can see in the shadows, which are actually more than just the mere images on the cave wall. By comparing gold and silver to wisdom and virtue, Plato argues that many people are focused only on physical objects rather than what it means to have those objects and objects other than what they have.

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Plato uses comparisons to make his argument that ignorant to new ideas and theories. He does this by uses an example such as gold and silver to virtue and wisdom.

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Plato uses comparisons to make his argument by explaining how the ideas we are given can in fact be wrong. He uses the comparisons to show that society has created an unalterable mind set, but with the "light" of philosophy, we can be able to establish a more knowledgeable society.

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I believe that Plato is correct about working on public affairs and working for one's own advantage cannot mix. As for contemporary politics, if you become a representative of the people, then you have to go off of what the public wants. Hypothetically, let's say an entire country wants to get rid of something, but their president doesn't want to. The president shouldn't get to do what he wants. He is a representative of the people so he has to represents their wants and needs

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First off, I believe that Plato's argument is that a very large portion of society is ignorant and severely attached to these ignorant beliefs, unwilling to listen to those enlightened who speak against their flawed mindsets. Plato validates his argument by comparing abstract concepts, such as truth, wisdom, and ignorance, to tangible objects, such as the sun, gold, and the cave.

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Plato is using these arguments to describe how there are ignorant people in this world that are too ignorant to understand the ideas of philosophy. They would rather continue to believe in their beliefs than to hear the ideas of others. Plato uses these comparisons to argue that ignorant people should take a chance, and see what other people have to say with philosophy. These people should give philosophy a try because maybe their whole outlook o life will change.

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The cave in the Allegory of the Cave represents the citizens or the non-philosophers while the outside world and the light represent the philosophers and their different perspectives on ideas. The chains represent the citizen's close mindedness in that once they open up their mind to new ideas, they will be freed and be able to experience life in a whole new way. The darkness represents the ignorance of the citizens and the light represents the philosopher's ideas and perspectives on the citizen's ignorance.

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I believe that contemporary politics bear this assertion because it involves today's politics. People all have their own views, bringing their own thoughts onto the world. People believe that what their reality is isn't all that true and begin to make their own opinions on a subject. This causes either more problems or a problem that doesn't end.

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Plato makes this comparison to make his argument that society is ignorant and does not want to see the truth. He describes that we are living in a cave and lack education and understanding of what is real. What we believe to be real is based on what we see in the society. However when we go into the light, we gain knowledge but some people will not believe it and will not accept it as the truth.

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Plato's argument about working on public affairs and working for one's own private advantage and stating that they cannot mix is agreeable. It could be said that when working for the public is an act of unselfishness and when working for personal advantage is an act of selfishness. Because these two subjects are completely opposite from one another, it is difficult to see them together. If one were to try and do this, it may seem that one will dominate the other. In modern day politics, it is known that people may try to better their image by stating false facts to the public because it is what the public wants to here. In presidential elections, candidates often try to outdo the other to make themselves more likable and win an election. This can prove how working for public affairs and working for one's private advantage cannot mix due to how these two topics contradict each other.

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Plato's comparisons on life, reality, and ideas really solidify his philosophical argument. He compares each pair and describes not only his view, but he also explains how he understands other's way of living/thinking. He goes more into detail about the opposing opinion only to validate his persona

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When working with politics, these things really cannot mix, because in some ways someone within politic's job is to put people first and to help them, they cannot do that, though, if they are too busy serving themself first.

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I believe that Plato is right when saying that working on public affairs, and working for one's own private advantage cannot mix. I don't see an example when these two ideas can work together because I believe that a leaders can either work for themselves, or for their people. A leader either works for the lives of others, or he works for his own virtues. I feel like the values of the public, and the values of the leader cannot be mixed together.

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While Plato's assertion may seem logical, it fails to recognize that to some people, working for the public is rewarding enough as if working for yourself because some people get enough satisfaction working for others' benefit. But regarding politics, this assertion is mostly true. Mostly only because very few politicians are truly working for the public's benefit completely. In that field, it if very difficult to survive if you are not focused on benefiting yourself first, then focusing on the public.

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Working for the public and working privately cannot mix. This is because working for the public is usually seen as unselfish but when working for yourself it's seen as being selfish. In my opinion if you were to try both I feel as if you would find yourself leaning towards only one. Many candidates running for office do this. They are working for themselves but also for the people the only problem is that they promise the people all these amazing things but then when they get elected for their position all those promises seem to be forgotten and they choose to ignore the people.

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I believe that, to some extent, working on public affairs as well as for one own's private advantage is indeed possible. For example, if striving for a beneficial change in society or for justice, equality, and rights for a specific group that you belong to or favor, you wouldn't just improve your own state but that of a certain community as well. Albeit, in some scenarios it's easier to favor one demographic alone than everyone. In a case like this, working for your own "wants" wouldn't effectively benefit the majority.

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The argument Plato makes can be contradicted with the idea of contemporary politics, due to how a person can be in a political position and state, fight, and argue for what they, and society want. A person who serves the public can further themselves to the needs and wants that they desire

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Plato's argument that working on public affairs and for one's private advantage should not mix is true for today's politics. Working for others is an unselfish act, while working for yourself is solely based around you. These two acts are opposite and do not go hand and hand. If tried to mix together, the person would most likely put themselves before the public and cause problems. Plato's argument is agreeable.

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Modern politics prove working on public affairs and working for one's own private advantage cannot mix because when you work for the public, you are doing whatever it takes to keep the support of the public. You can't have a a mind of your own when the people you are working for have a different point of view. When working in public affairs, you are basically payed to turn your mind off and think the way they want you to think. They pay you to let them mold you into a different person.

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Contemporary politics bears this assertion that working on public affairs and working for one's own private advantage cannot mix. Modern day politics proves this claim to be true because politics and personal life are completely contradictory. The two opposites, however, can be intertwined in each other. Personal lives can be political much like how politicians can have personal lives. When working in politics, personal lives can be impacted greatly by having their lives being exposed and vice versa. You cannot work for the people and have a very personal life.

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Contemporary politics can show that working on public affairs and working for one's own private advantage can mix. As in the presidential election, candidates will offer great opportunities to the voters that will benefit the people. In getting the votes of the people, the candidate will become the elected President and the people will get what was promised to them. The candidate would've had more so the goal of his own benefiting, but still would have benefited the people in the end. This is one instance where working on public affairs as well as on one's own personal advantage have mixed.

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Contemporary politics bears the assertion that working on public affairs and working for oneś own private advantage cannot mix. Through the years, there are been many people who have lied to get into office. These people are just looking to have power and be able to benefit themselves. In order to achieve this, the candidate may just give people what they want to hear, they try to do positive things to gain more votes and popularity. Once the person is in office, they do things without even considering how it would affect the people. The person only cares about themselves and how it affects them. For example, there have been presidents who would sell important things without considering the people and they only sell it for their own benefit, for the money. In most situations regarding contemporary politics, people would always put their wants and need above others

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Modern day politics is littered with examples that bear this assertion that working for the common good is impossible to accomplish while simultaneously working for the advantage of the individual. For example, I have experienced many instances in which I am witness to a person complaining about having to pay taxes. Whiles this obligation can be inconvenient to say the least, it is essential to the success and financial stability of the country as a whole. This is an example of a common citizen expressing this issue, however, politicians often prove this assertion through how corrupt they have the ability of becoming.

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Plato argues that public affairs and working for one's own private advantage can not mix. This is very true since both are very different from each other. When working for public affairs you are trying to do what is best for the public. When working in one's own advantage, you only think about what is best for yourself. This can be seen in politics today when candidate go against each other in an election. They make the voters believe that they want the best for the public and the candidates tell the voters what they want to hear. However, they will make their opponent seem bad to benefit themselves and gain votes. This is an example of how working with public affair and working for one;s private advantage can not mix.

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Overall he compares the mind set that we grow up with and the new ideas and the knowledge that we can gain through the study of philosophy. So by comparing things such as gold and silver to wisdom Plato is trying to show us that at the time we may feel as if we have everything in the world. but there are things out in the world that are even more valuable. And in this case it is literally knowledge or wisdom.

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Plato is correct. We cannot work trying to fulfill the goals of others and ours at the same time. It doesn't work. Today's politics bear this assertion. They have proven that trying to fulfill their goals and desires most of the time don not coincide with the goals of their citizens. This simply does not work out.

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Plato compares these things to boost his argument that the people are ignorant and can not open up their minds to new, more advanced concepts. For example, silver and gold are great for temporary pleasure but having virtues and wisdom would make you much richer. By opening up their minds, the people would be much better off but they instead don't like change and don't like what philosophers have to say.

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I do agree with this assertion in that political leaders and followers can not attend to their needs and the public's needs in the same. Political leaders have proven this time and time again with secret affairs, private agendas, and loopholes. These examples are all places where politics between the public and in private have not mixed.

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cave-our reality//brain trapping you 			light- eyes limitation on reality or what human minds understand from our view on reality 			chains- the limitations of society on other people 			darkness- absence of knowledge 			outside the cave- truth 

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cave-our reality//brain trapping you 			light- eyes limitation on reality or what human minds understand from our view on reality 			chains- the limitations of society on other people 			darkness- absence of knowledge 			outside the cave- truth 

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stuck in a superficial reality and his argument is how we need someone enlighten of these ideas to educate everyone.
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I believe Plato uses his comparisons to show people that while they look on the material world, to things such as silver and gold, they should rather be looking to what those things represent, virtue and wisdom. The only way to look past these material images, or perhaps, these "shadows" and find "truth" is by not gaining knowledge with one's senses, but rather through one's reasoning on philosophy.