Plato and Aristotle were ancient Greek philosophers from 400 and 300 B.C.E. Even though they lived in the ancient Greek times, parallels from their beliefs to our current culture can be seen with some deep thought and analysis. In this paper, I will discuss the influence of Plato and Aristotle seen in our culture today.
The Myth of the Cave, (Palmer 2013), depicts a story about prisoners chained up in a cave. Their vision was limited to shadows on the wall and gave them a false sense of reality. One prisoner was unchained and forced to look at the real source of the shadows. The pain caused by the light of the fire made him prefer the deception, but he was forced out of the cave into the sunlight. This time the sunlight was painful
The Myth of the Cave, (Palmer 2013), depicts a story about prisoners chained up in a cave. Their vision was limited to shadows on the wall and gave them a false sense of reality. One prisoner was unchained and forced to look at the real source of the shadows. The pain caused by the light of the fire made him prefer the deception, but he was forced out of the cave into the sunlight. This time the sunlight was painful