“The unexamined life is not worth living.”--Socrates (from the Apology)
- Before reading: brainstorming. Fill out THIS FORM.
- Reading out loud: "The Allegory of the Cave," pages 27-29 of the class packet. We will stop to make clarifications, answer questions, and stress important ideas. Then you will read the piece again and annotate the reading to your satisfaction. Please consult your dictionaries for any words you do not understand.
- Watch: "The Allegory of the Cave"
- Click on the scrambled summary of "The Allegory of the Cave" HERE. Answers to the summary HERE.
- Working in groups, match each symbolic element of the story with its philosophic meaning HERE. Answers HERE.
- Now write Blog 4: Using only the symbolic meanings of the story, summarize the meaning of Socrates’ story—what is he trying to explain to Glaucon about reality? Follow this introduction: In Plato’s “The Allegory of the Cave,” Socrates tells a story to his student Glaucon to explain ...
- Finish the blog post by giving an example from everyday life or from human history that would serve as an illustration of the Plato's lesson about reality.
Your blog should be 250+ words and be more than one paragraph.
I will evaluate your online work for this first unit this week-end beginning Saturday morning at 9:00AM. Therefore, you should have Blogs 3-4 completed by then.
