Comments on: Eidos

Eidos

troll — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:08:10 -0800

The Cave: An Adaptation of Plato's Allegory in Clay

By: TwelveTwo

TwelveTwo — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:21:04 -0800

I demand a YouTube link of Plato's Allegory of the Cave depicted by means of shadow puppetry! shadow muppetry for bonus points

By: phrontist

phrontist — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:23:38 -0800

Thaaaat's a bit of a gloss.

By: Bromius

Bromius — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:27:33 -0800

I like how the prisoner had the Peanuts teacher wahwah voice.

By: Foci for Analysis

Foci for Analysis — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:38:47 -0800

Once a prisoner, the man has become a deus ex machina, a hitman of the mind, a thief wandering in light and shadow, a raider of tombs of ideas.

By: middleclasstool

middleclasstool — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:40:30 -0800

A touch simplified and doesn't get directly into the concept of the forms, no. I would have liked to see them compare the freed slave to the philosopher, but the point is mostly made, and the animation and voiceover were very well done. Liked this a lot, thanks.

By: Grimgrin

Grimgrin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:05:28 -0800

TwelveTwo: It's not shadow puppetry, but it's got Orson Welles

By: howfar

howfar — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:37:01 -0800

I'm not sure how well Plato's point is made. It is not just that the prisoners see only shadows and hear only echoes, but that they believe them to be reality. When the prisoner is taken from the cave, the adjustment is not just to his vision, but to his sense of truth. The comparison with the real problem of truth and perception is more direct than this (very nicely made) animation suggests.

By: Salvor Hardin

Salvor Hardin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:37:33 -0800

Did it bother anyone else that the prisoners were chained in an absurd fashion, such that they could easily have turned around?

By: howfar

howfar — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:41:03 -0800

Did it bother anyone else that the prisoners were chained in an absurd fashion, such that they could easily have turned around? WAKE. UP. SHEEPLE!

By: New England Cultist

New England Cultist — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:42:53 -0800

Well, that was creepy.

By: pwally

pwally — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:00:18 -0800

Once upon a time I made a photoshop about Plato's excessive partying.

By: Pyrogenesis

Pyrogenesis — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:29:45 -0800

Looks like somebody reads Graham Harman's blog.