Socrates Parable Of The Cave Research Paper

Philosophy Is wanting to know more about what it means to be a human being, the basic nature of reality, what limits our knowledge or feeds what we know, and what is considered good and or right in society. Our beliefs are really up to our own imagination, and philosophy questions these beliefs in order to understand the reason behind them.
Plato’s parable of the cave offers a good perception of human reality. If a prisoner were to be locked away in a cave with no interpretation of the outside world, and his only reality were chains and shadows cast on the cave walls, it would be difficult at first to adapt to outside reality. I believe that at first, the prisoner would have a hard time outside of the cave, and his level of comfort would be more in-tuned back in the cave where he was kept for so long. But I also think that once exposed to the real world outside the cave, it would be almost impossible for the prisoner to go back to thinking the prison is his only reality. His imagination of the outside world will always cloud his mind, and he will always wonder what exactly is true.
Socrates, a Greek philosopher, question beliefs of his society. Euthyphro is an example of Socrates work. In this example, I think it aims at providing an view of morals, and how holiness and un-holiness are founded based upon these morals. Socrates uses the morals of the Gods to determine what holiness and un-holiness are. I believe the difference between the two is based from societies perception of wrong and right, which will determine if acts are just or unjust. The society usually comes to a majority concluion, or popular consensus on what is considered wrong, for example murder, and acts are taken from there to determine how you will punish som...

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...as we love our limbs. He talks bout how as adults, it is good to give to your children your knowledge and reasoning. To teach them love, happiness, kindness and good energy will further them in life. What they do with it is there own responsibility, but to teach them what you know is good. He mentions that we should not harness all of our knowledge for our children, but also for everyone amongst us. Nozick talks about his philosophy when it comes to wealthy families bequeathing inheritances to this children, and how this can be a dangerous act because it is a form of dominance and power. I completely agree with this philosophy. While money will help your child at some things, knowledge is always more pristine. The ability to have relationships, and to enhance your children’s knowledge of the world is a far better inheritance than the dissipating value of money.