The Similarities Between 'Plato And Descartes' The Matrix

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Have you ever wondered what is really true? Does life as we know it to be only dreams? "How do we identify truth?" Or just to question human existance entirely? Well; many philosophers seem to ask two of the very questions & while these questions seem to be a bit difficult to answer; it doesn't stop these philosophers from asking. Many have argued that many humans seems to have subjective truth (hard to accept reality as it seems). "The Matrix (movie released in 1999); along with two other excerpt (Plato & Descartes) offering some very engaging views of the questions; how we comprehend reality & how we view the world around us. All three seem to express some similarities & while they express these similarties they also express some differences. …show more content…

They both examine the questions of how we comprehend & how to know what truth really is & reality is. Plato developed his theory within a cave. Based on his theory occupants of cave are noted to be the truth with the restricted reality that is seen to them. They don't acknowledge nothing but a contour view of the world & do not have any grasp to the truth of reality. This is the samething that was explained in the synopsis of the Matrix. Althought the people are unconscious in machines only seeing the world im which is present to them at the moment. At no point did these people question the world that was showed to them; instead they accepted it for what it is was & believed it was true by accepting what they believed was true. At some point Neo came to his senses & believed that what was presented to him was a sense of "false reality"; which is very similar to Plato case just in a cave. They know not anymore of reality then what was presented to them & just couldn't seem to grasp on what was actual reality. The excerpt of Descartes theory is very similary to those of Plato & the Matrix. Descartes excerpt goes on to add to Plato & Descartes theory on how even our own senses (sight, touch, smell, hearing, & taste) cannot be trustworthy. Based on Descartes approach; he proceeds to ask the question of how do we know if what we know is really accurate? Both excerpts & the movie all show similarities regarding the …show more content…

One of the differences noted would be how Plato left the cave to explore the harsh reality that was presented to him; all while having sympathy for those whom were still trapped (& by "trapped" I mean blinded & brainwashed) within that cave. When it came down to Neo he couldn't stomach the fact of facing reality & would have decided to stick with the matrix verus reality. Although it is noted that after experiencing many different emotions he decided to join Morpheus & help others learn the truth. He demostrates how some individuals would like to hear & discover the truth; meanwhile once the truth has been discovered they wish they would've never went digging; which leaves some not wanting to know the truth. There is also a significant difference from Descartes and the Matrix. In the Matrix; once one have became aware that their reality was once caused by a machine; they then become aware of when they are free & apart of the world & when they are hooked up to the Matrix & of a unforseen world. Although the scene contradicts what Descartes says; which states that no one will ever truly understand what they believe to be reality because one has doubted their own views & beliefs of the world. One thing these excerpts address is the "what is reality?" & how one may view

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