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Comparing Plato And Descartes In The Film The Matrix

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The movie “The Matrix” is not just a good film, but it’s a body of work with impressive sound effects, bundles of action and creative ideas. This essay will discuss distinct similarities and differences between the movie and the readings between Plato and Descartes, and most importantly show how different eras of philosophies are adapted about the truth behind reality.
The key similarity in Plato’s (the Allegory of “The Cave), Socrates (“Meditations on First odds that our experiences of the world are deceptive, preventing us from truly seeing the real truth. This is how Plato discovered this awareness of sensorial deception in "The Cave" and likewise in the movie "The Matrix" which imitated the story and discovered the realities of deception.
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