begins with the supposition that if a group of prisoners were chained to the wall of a cave‚ and are able to see what was in front of them; with a fire behind them‚ they would only be capable of seeing the shadows of the images as they passed by the fire. The prisoners would begin to identify the shadows as their reality. However‚ if one of the prisoners were to escape from the cave‚ he would be incapable of seeing anything at first‚ because the light would be too bright. As time passed‚ his eyes would
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about one of Socrates’ teachings of education or the enlightenment of the mind and soul; “The Allegory of the Cave”. In this‚ Socrates describes how education is important so that the mind and soul are enlightened and not forever dwelling within the shadows. As Socrates begins the allegory‚ there is a cave with an opening but no natural lighting reaching far enough into the cave. And within that cave‚ there are people or slaves--that some would call--that are chained by their necks and legs that
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entirety of the composition. The impressionistic style successfully captures a moment in time‚ saturated with chaotic elements caught un-posed and half seen‚ as they are in real life. Ballet Rehearsal’s composition successfully blends line‚ color‚ light‚ shadow‚ and space in order to build an impressive example of visual art. Arranged in the background of the composition are a group of dancers performing arabesques. The dancers‚ "go through back breaking work-outs at the bar or squat‚ breathless with
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interpreting a shadow as reality‚ and that when we see reality for the first time we don’t believe it to be true. And the fact that after we have seen reality‚ the shadows‚ that we used to believe in‚ don’t satisfy us anymore. In Plato’s story there are men who are chained to a cave wall with not the slightest ability to look but straight forward at a wall of stone. There is no light‚ except for the grimy shadows on the wall from the manipulative "puppeteers" that control the shadows and cause them
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Plato- The Theory of Forms Plato (ca.428-ca.347 B.C.E) Socrates Pupil‚ born during the Peloponnesian wars he reaped the benefits of Golden Age and insecurities of the post-war era. Established the first Philosophy school‚ the Academy Wrote dozens of treatises using Socrates dialogue and many of them were actual conversations and others fiction. It’s hard to distinguish his from Socrates since the later wrote nothing. Plato most famous treatise “the Republic”. It asks two questions: “What is
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that fire people would walk with object in their hands‚ statues and the like. All the chained prisoners could see would be these shadows on the wall‚ they could hear the noises and sounds that some of the people made and would think that those shadows and noises were really. Their idea of what was true‚ what was reality would be skewed. All they had ever known was the shadows. Now consider that one of the prisoners got free and slowly made their way up and out of the cave. At first they would be blind
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Abstract M.A.C cosmetics started as a small business and has grown into a multimillion dollar organization. They are innovative and organized and promote customer service. There products are of the best in the industry and are reasonably priced. You can find M.A.C all over the world and being marketed by tons of well known celebrities. They focus on working together as teams and promote employees to think outside the box. Not only is the organization extremely successful but it is incredibly generous
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Business Intelligence at Canadian Tire The overall purpose of Business Intelligence systems and software is to manage and analyze data in a manner that would support effective decision making. The BI initiative could help Canadian Tire to manage and analyze its data in a way that would allow the company to consolidate and integrate some of its information systems. The information provided in the case indicates that CTC is operating and supporting many different operation systems‚ mainframes‚ hardware
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at least one of the black dragons. Many black dragons were lazy‚ they just stayed in Mirian and destroyed the world there‚ then rebuilt it. Many people speak or write of the black dragon‚ but those legends are burned in its fire. A black dragon’s shadow upon the ground spells death and heralds doom. Some cults even adopt the symbol of the black dragon. Most of those cults don’t exist anymore. They were weak‚ not representing the black dragon well‚ not enough power to behold the great symbol of
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place. As he continued on with his journey‚ his strength gets worse‚ and realized that he wasn’t going no where and became depressed and was in despair‚ which is mentioned in Line 9‚ “And –o’er his heart a shadow”. In Line 19-21 it states “Over the Mountains of the Moon‚ Down the Valley of the Shadow”‚ means that the knight didn’t make it. Edgar Allan Poe makes time run out on the man‚ which led the knight to give up and die. He also wants his readers to know that time doesn’t wait on nobody. In “El
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