POL200Y1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Mpra Language, Eumeswil, Prope
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Compare hobbes" discussion of religion in chapter 12 of the. Leviathan to plato"s discussion of religion in books i i-i i i of the. Identify the similarities and differences in these accounts and explain their significance for these authors" respective political theories. To understand plato"s discussion on religion one needs to also briefly look at. The analogy of the cave is plato"s way of explaining the theory of the forms. This is what plato also meant by the forms; they are the essential things that are invisible to the eye or our other senses. In the republic, plato points out that the analogy is a picture of the human condition. People are trapped within the illusory world of the senses like the prisoners at the bottom of the cave. However, plato believed that it is possible to escape from this illusion and to perceive the t ruth that exists within our very souls.
