This video is the longest of all of the posted you tube videos. This video was mainly a paraphrase of the "Allegory of the Cave" up until line 35 in our book. If one had not previously read the book, it would be a good summary. The video does not use many direct quotes; however there are a few such as: "To them, I said, the truth would be literally nothing but the shadows of the images". However, as stated before, the video uses many paraphrases to give the viewer a good idea of the "Allegory of the Cave". There are modern images and words used in the video to give the viewer a good idea of Plato's work. To modernize it, the video includes shots of a lady on a telephone and a man drinking a cool drink in a pool. This was used for the purpose of showing that the freed prisoners would rather suffer than live like that. Although this was one of the more boring videos, it gives the best summary.
Almost half of you have a zero for the blog on Plato. Good job.
Homework due for Thurs. Nov. 1st: All students should bring in the final version of paper two. Really make your introductions sweet and interesting. Be good to me.
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This video is the longest of all of the posted you tube videos. This video was mainly a paraphrase of the "Allegory of the Cave" up until line 35 in our book. If one had not previously read the book, it would be a good summary. The video does not use many direct quotes; however there are a few such as: "To them, I said, the truth would be literally nothing but the shadows of the images". However, as stated before, the video uses many paraphrases to give the viewer a good idea of the "Allegory of the Cave". There are modern images and words used in the video to give the viewer a good idea of Plato's work. To modernize it, the video includes shots of a lady on a telephone and a man drinking a cool drink in a pool. This was used for the purpose of showing that the freed prisoners would rather suffer than live like that. Although this was one of the more boring videos, it gives the best summary.
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