The Allegory of the Cave

1. The Allegory of the Cave Plato (429-347BC) Is not the dreamer, sleeping or waking, one who likens dissimilar things, who puts the copy in place of the real object? - Plato

2. Plato • Opened a school in Athens • “Academy” • First university in western history • 387 B.C. until A.D. 529 • Plato was both a writer and a teacher. • His writings are in the form of dialogues, with Socrates as the principal speaker.

3. Plato’s theory of Forms • The visible world is what surrounds us. It is what our senses perceive. This visible world is a world of change and uncertainty. • The intelligible world is made up of human reason, such as abstract definitions or mathematics. This is the world of reality. • The intelligible world contains the eternal "Forms" (in Greek, idea ) of things.

4. Allegory Examples • Animal Farm by George Orwell • Lord of the Flies by William Golding • Buffy the Vampire Slayer • District 9 A literary device in which objects, persons, or actions are equated with secondary, figurative meanings that underlie their literary meaning.

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