ASSIGNMENT HELP | Part 1 – Engagement with Plato and His Metaphysics

Read Plato\’s metaphysics, ch 3 Textbook 1 IntroductionToPhilosophy by Russ Payne 2015.pdf; On Plato\’s Allegory of the Cave, p. 29, Textbook 1 IntroductionToPhilosophy by Russ Payne 2015.pdf

Plato\’s Metaphysics: Supplement Reading by Biffle

Lecture notes: Plato and his Metaphysics

Video on Allegory of the Cave animation:

Write YOUR SIGNIFICANT LEARNING SUMMARY IDEAS from the READINGS FOUND IN THE TEXTBOOK. Please write clearly in a complete sentence to credit your work. Separate paragraph with numbers.

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MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE SUMMARY IDEAS BASED ON THE QUESTIONS BELOW:

1. In Payne\’s textbook ch 3, or in Biffle\’s text on Plato, find out who is Plato? Describe his background and political situation of the time? Describe the ideal state Plato wanted to establish in \”The Republic\”?

2. In Biffle\’s text and PPT note on PLATO AND METAPHYSICS, Plato was influenced by two Greek Pre-Socratics ideas in his philosophizing? Who are those Pre-socratic thinkers and describe the influences?

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3. Watch the Allegory of the cave story, or read, in the Republic of Plato Vol. VII ( https://web.stanford.edu/class/ihum40/cave.pdf ), describe the two worlds of Plato which are central to the message of the allegory of the cave?

4. Unlock the symbolism of the Allegory of the cave by interpreting the following: Shadows in the wall, freeing the prisoners from chains, dragging up of the prisoners to move outside the cave, turning back to see the shadows, and going back to the cave again after seeing the outside world?

5. Application questions: Give 2 lessons you have learned from the story of the prisoners in the Allegory of the cave

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Plato (429-347 B.C.) was an Athenian philosopher during Ancient Greece, and he came from a family of high status. Being a fan and friend of Socrates, his early dialogues chronicles the life of Socrates (Payne 29). His political situation at the time is best described through metaphysics and | GET AN EXPERT FOR YOUR ASSIGNMENT |situation is described through Plato’s vision of social justice, which was “non-egalitarian and anti-democratic” (Payne 31). Plato emphasized that democracy amounts to considering important jobs turned to people as ethically unworthy. In the Republic, Plato wanted to explicate the main notion of political or | GET AN EXPERT FOR YOUR ASSIGNMENT | influenced by two Greek pre-Socratic ideas in his philosophizing. He held that reality can be broken down into a realm of physical…