Who was Plato?

Short Writing Assignment

(Yes, I am collecting it.)

If you could choose to live in a fantasy world for the rest of your life, would you choose the illusion or to remain in reality?

Length: 1 paragraph (MEAL)

Vocabulary

Please add the vocabulary words and definitions to your notes. You may find other vocabulary words as we read the text.

• Allegory: a story in which the characters and events are symbols that stand for ideas about human life or for a political or historical situation
• Illusion: implies a false ascribing of reality based on what one sees or imagines
• Rationality: the possession or utilization of reason or logic
• Theory of Forms:   (See below)

In-Class Reading of Plato’s “Book VII” Allegory of the Cave

After Class Discussion