world literature one--week five assignments ( this post has two parts to be done ) and no plagiarism please.. i will check

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Week 5: Philosophy East & West-Discussion questions due november 20 th before 11:59 pm cental time

 

 

Question 1

Plato: What are the experiences of the liberated prisoner's experience outside the cave?  How does "truth" change before, during the liberation, and after?

 

Question 2

Plato: Why do those in the cave believe what they see is reality, and why does this pose problems for the liberated prisoner who tries to tell the others about the outside?

 

Question 3

Laozi: Compare/contrast one of his poems to Plato's philosophy.

 

Question 4

Confucius: What is the power of his short teachings?  In the West, philosophical texts are usually very long and complex, yet in the East, many are simple.  What is the power of this short text?  Use an example to showcase your ideas.

 

Question 5

Plato: Do you think most of today's society is chained as prisoner in the Allegory of the Cave? Or are we liberated?

 

*********** the part is the week five journal the instructions to the journal is attachment to the post and the reading for the discussion post is attachment to please read both attachment

 

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