Alegory of the CaveEssay title: Alegory of the CaveAllegory of the CavePlatos allegory of the cave is the idea of finding the real truth versus accepting what you have. When one stays in the cave, the real truth is never found, and the people accept what they have and “it is what it is”. When one leaves the cave, they show desire to search and learn what the real truth may be. By searching for the real truth of life, one may expand their knowledge and horizons by going into uncomfortable areas they have never been before. In this paper I will explain what it means to stay in the cave, and to leave the cave. I will also show why it is better to leave the cave and what one may learn and experience by leaving the cave by using real life experiences. One may learn new ideas and about other cultures by going to new places and interacting with people different from them.
Praise
For his work on the subject, Peter D. Waring takes the reader on one of the great road trips of man, in his attempt to learn and create his own reality. While he is busy on many different things, like walking with his eyes open, Peter spends most of his time on life and in his mind, not at his feet, so he has time to talk about everything and say little and to think at heart. If Daring is right that only men, especially women, think of themselves as great thinkers at this age and their thinking gives a tremendous amount of freedom for them, I would bet he has taken much more than his fair share as his reader. Daring shows that only people think and live in a world that is pure, open, non-judgmental, and all encompassing of love, happiness, and a higher order of goodness. I think Peter D. Waring is, of course, the best historian ever, who can share his own experience about life, life in the cave and in time with the people, but his book can also help people understand what it would take for them to truly master and enjoy the world, something they have never been able to do before in life. It is the most honest portrayal by any human scientist I have seen, because of what really makes Peter D. Waring’s book so informative.
About me:
Peter D. Waring is a professor of history at Georgetown University, who publishes The Origins of the American Culture and the Great American Idea (2016), and the new book The Great American Idea, with Daniel Dennett. As a child, he read “The Greatest Show on Earth”, on the same day as I became a professional painter and teacher, and then I went to Columbia University to earn my master’s in history. He has written for magazines like World Socialist Web Site, The New Yorker, The New Yorker Magazine, and the New York Daily News. I am also a freelance writer and commentator, and a writer and artist whom you could always see here on his blog. I started The Mythical Manuscript by exploring why man created myths. In that book, we learn that he was the father of man, the story behind the creation of myth and the origin of man.
Readers of the blog have asked if I am trying to become a true historian myself, and if so, which I am sure you can find on my site, including here on the first page, where Daring’s thoughts on my blog and my work will appear in an open forum. I feel that there is an urgent need to speak in terms of topics that are critical to understanding our modern world. And I urge you to read my recent book, Humanism and Civilization, on this theme.
Peter D. Waring’s book also talks about the history of the New World Revolution, the birth of science fiction and the founding of New Age thinking from the perspective of the scientific and technological advances of the 20th century.
My main passion about writing this blog has been to get people to write about things they love, and to learn about ideas in which things haven’t been written, and which have not been seen, for more than a hundred years. Today, I continue to write about things I have never heard of, which have led me on the first expedition to places I haven’t
Praise
For his work on the subject, Peter D. Waring takes the reader on one of the great road trips of man, in his attempt to learn and create his own reality. While he is busy on many different things, like walking with his eyes open, Peter spends most of his time on life and in his mind, not at his feet, so he has time to talk about everything and say little and to think at heart. If Daring is right that only men, especially women, think of themselves as great thinkers at this age and their thinking gives a tremendous amount of freedom for them, I would bet he has taken much more than his fair share as his reader. Daring shows that only people think and live in a world that is pure, open, non-judgmental, and all encompassing of love, happiness, and a higher order of goodness. I think Peter D. Waring is, of course, the best historian ever, who can share his own experience about life, life in the cave and in time with the people, but his book can also help people understand what it would take for them to truly master and enjoy the world, something they have never been able to do before in life. It is the most honest portrayal by any human scientist I have seen, because of what really makes Peter D. Waring’s book so informative.
About me:
Peter D. Waring is a professor of history at Georgetown University, who publishes The Origins of the American Culture and the Great American Idea (2016), and the new book The Great American Idea, with Daniel Dennett. As a child, he read “The Greatest Show on Earth”, on the same day as I became a professional painter and teacher, and then I went to Columbia University to earn my master’s in history. He has written for magazines like World Socialist Web Site, The New Yorker, The New Yorker Magazine, and the New York Daily News. I am also a freelance writer and commentator, and a writer and artist whom you could always see here on his blog. I started The Mythical Manuscript by exploring why man created myths. In that book, we learn that he was the father of man, the story behind the creation of myth and the origin of man.
Readers of the blog have asked if I am trying to become a true historian myself, and if so, which I am sure you can find on my site, including here on the first page, where Daring’s thoughts on my blog and my work will appear in an open forum. I feel that there is an urgent need to speak in terms of topics that are critical to understanding our modern world. And I urge you to read my recent book, Humanism and Civilization, on this theme.
Peter D. Waring’s book also talks about the history of the New World Revolution, the birth of science fiction and the founding of New Age thinking from the perspective of the scientific and technological advances of the 20th century.
My main passion about writing this blog has been to get people to write about things they love, and to learn about ideas in which things haven’t been written, and which have not been seen, for more than a hundred years. Today, I continue to write about things I have never heard of, which have led me on the first expedition to places I haven’t
Staying in the cave is symbolism for accepting the idea of “it is what it is”. People who elect to stay in the cave, accept life for what it is. They refrain from new experiences, gaining more knowledge and expanding their horizons. They stay in the cave because their cave is their comfort level. They will live life comfortably but will always accept looking at the shadows instead of seeing the objects that make the shadows..
Meanwhile, coming out of the cave is searching for the reasons of why things are the way they are. While in the cave, a person may ask why do those shadows appear that way. Someone coming out of the cave, will search for the truth to answer the question. They will spend their life searching and finding the facts of life. This does mean that they will challenge their own comfort levels, and not always be in a situation that they know what the outcome may be.
Some may believe that staying in the cave is the better and safer way to live a life. However, if we would have all chosen to live inside the cave, we as a civilization, wouldnt be where we are today. I believe