Thursday, March 20, 2008
gnosticism vs. allegory of the cave
either stuck in a cave since birth or trapped in an imperfect evil world, the theories of both " the allegory of the cave" and " gnosticism" intertwine. gnosticism is a theory based on the belief that humans are souls stuck in the material world that was made by an evil abberrition called the demiurge. the demiurge and the supreme god live alongside eachother and according to the belief, to be rid of the imperfect world we inhabit you must have a spiritual experience with god. technically gnosticism is a religion that originated even before christianity. i saw the similarity of gnosticism and plato's allegory of the cave immediatly. they are both theories based on thethought that what if the world we live in isn't real? if it's just a fantasy world created to deprive us from living in reality. gnosticism and plato's allegory really makes us wonder about the world we live in today and what eternally matters to us the most.
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PREACH ON SISTER!
I totally agree with you that Platos Allegory of The Cave and Gnosticism are similar because they both describe a world that is thought to be reality but really it's not.
We are definitely living in a world created for us. It is up to each person to break free from the chains. I couldn't agree more with what you said about Plato's cave, Gnosticism and our reality.
One could also draw a comparison between the fire projecting the shadows into the cave in Plato's cave allagory, and the Demiurge in gnosticism.
One could also draw a comparison between the fire projecting the shadows into the cave in Plato's cave allagory, and the Demiurge in gnosticism.
One could also draw a comparison between the fire projecting the shadows into the cave in Plato's cave allagory, and the Demiurge in gnosticism.
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