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Stanford University Allegory of the Cave Discussion Questions

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  • Read the attached PDF on Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave”. This is the
    binary set up between the Sophistic and Platonic worldview(s) &
    implications of this binary for communication(s) generally and rhetoric in particular.

    • Please write a 3-page paper in which
      you: DISCUSS Plato’s Allegory of the Cave with Rhetorical insights and contemporary applications
  • 1.
    Explore how for
    Plato what does the Allegory of the Cave “allegorize”
  • 2.
    Reflecting on Plato’s Gorgias (in the Bizzell and Herzberg text). Why is Plato arguing that rhetoric is NOT a techne?.
    3.
    What are
    contemporary “Caves”. . in other words identify “settings” (or contexts) briefly describe each
    of these settings and how you have been (or might find yourself) in one of
    these settings and thus deceived by the shadowy illusions.
  • REFLECT on the binary set up between Plato & the Sophists re: Rhetoric What is a binary? Why does it matter?
  • WATCH “The Greeks Crucible of Civilization” Episode 3: https://youtu.be/08UtxuyI9ok
  • Watch the 18-minute Ancient Greece: