POL SCI 119 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Michael Bay
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Spend the entire time saying what the shadows are and claiming that these are real. Uses a campfire to project the shadows, constantly shifting. Physically difficult as he is forced outside into light and sees a real bird and a sun. Physics > nature, the way the world works. Meta > talking about what you are aware of, referring to something outside of the world, stepping outside of the logic of the interior. Yes, there is something bigger than this world, there is morals. The entire reality of the people is staring at this wall. Different group of people project shadows on the wall. Varying degrees of reality: getting further from what is true. The cave: beliefs, doxa, opinions/ ignorance, confusion about what"s not true and what"s true. The journey from the cave to the sun: ideas and understanding, a painful and tedious experience.
