Both Plato and Descartes argue that one can achieve philosophical enlightenment in the face of interpretive limitations
How did Plato distinguish between knowledge and opinion?
July 27, 2019“The Matrix: A Modern Take on the Allegory of the Cave.”
July 27, 2019Both Plato and Descartes argue that one can achieve philosophical enlightenment in the face of interpretive limitations
Question Description
Step-By-Step Method (also known as point-by-point method)
- Introduction
- Broad overview
- Identification of topic / narrowing of subject
- Thesis: Both Plato and Descartes argue that one can achieve philosophical enlightenment in the face of interpretive limitations
- First point of comparison: Both Plato and Descartes argue that humans are trapped by interpretive and intellectual limitations
- Descartes (dream hypothesis) – body paragraph #1
- Plato (prisoners trapped in the cave) – body paragraph #2
- Explain the similarity between the positions of Plato and Descartes
- Second point of comparison: Both Plato and Descartes argue that one can nevertheless obtain philosophical certainty, the Truth.
- Descartes (concept of God / “I think; therefore I am”) – body paragraph # 3
- Plato (concept of the universal good / allegory of the journey to the higher realm) – paragraph #4
- Explain the similarity between the positions of the two authors
- Conclusion
- In a 1000+ word academic essay, argue that Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” serves as a philosophical basis for the movie Matrix.
