Essays on Philosophical Works

Plato’s allegory of the cave is considered a good example of illustrating the way people think. It also explains the concepts of adapting people to different changes including things they don’t know or are not familiar with. Plato explained that some prisoners were living in...

Philosophy encompasses a vast compilation of ideas that span centuries of human history, and some very old ideas remain just as relevant today, as they were ages ago. Some of the ideas that ancient philosophers devised over two thousand years ago, are still very present...

The “Allegory of the Cave” is a philosophical writing that metaphorically and symbolically explains the relationship between knowledge and ignorance. In my perspective the “Allegory of the Cave” is an accurate metaphor for modern-day society regarding our educational system. The image that Plato illustrates in...

Why are we here? What is a reality? What is the purpose of life? Why do we exist? These are some philosophical questions that each of us might have raised or questioned about. For that reason, a prominent Greek philosopher named Plato attempted to explain...

In this essay I will explore and talk about Glaucon’s third objection in the first paragraph, Plato’s response in the second, and Plato’s answer in the last paragraph. In Plato’s Republic, he uses Socrates, Glaucon and other philosophers’ conversations and arguments surrounding the ideas of...

Reality is something that is more of a concept than a factual thing. Reality is subjective, it’s a phenomenon that is perceived. To live in a “fabricated” world, like in “The Allegory of the Cave,” Plato argues that the “real” world is much better than...

In Homer’s Iliad and Plato’s Apology, the central theme of death is intertwined through a variety of literary elements and topics. Defining factors that differentiate what death is in The Iliad versus its role in the Apology include setting, societal structure and culture, the gods,...