We find out that the movie “Matrix” has similarity with Socrates cave, now we saw that the movie “Truman show” has similarities with both of them, with the “Matrix” and with the “Allegory of the cave”. In both of these movies the main characters don’t have a real life. They are prisoners in their own reality. Neo’s life is controlled by machines and Truman’s life is controlled by Christof who considers himself as God. In both of them, Neo and Truman have the free will, Neo makes the choice in the beginning, and Truman makes his choice at the end of the movie. Neo makes his choice with his experience and knowledge while Truman makes his choice on the fact that he wants to see and experience the world outside of Seahaven. I would have made the same choice like Truman, because I really wouldn’t want everyone to watch me as I try to live my normal life, making mistakes, learning from my own mistakes and trying to fix them. Also I will want to see what is on the other side of the door, the new and inexperienced world. I think everyone has a personal life and have the right to live their life as they want and make choices that they think are best for them and not having someone to make those choices for them.
At the end of the movie after Truman survives the lighting and the storm, Christof talks to him and tells him about his life and that he is been on a show all of his life. Christof tries to convince Truman to stay because he created this perfect place only for Truman. Truman makes the choice and leaves the show, the place and his life that he only knew. I think that on the other side of the door he expects to find the love of his life Sylvia. The real world will be very strange place for him because it is not perfect like Seahaven and it will be very difficult for him. Probably with the help of Sylvia he will adjust to the new world. The other thing is that he will be able to go and see other different places. Became an explorer like he always wanted to be and experience new things.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Blog 5
In the “Matrix and Philosophy” Theodore Schick Jr. discusses the conflict between omniscience and free will. Omniscience means all knowing and free will is the choice that we make. I believe that the human being has free will, a choice to make and I believe in fate. We have our own choice, nobody is telling us what to do, how to do it, or which path to choose. I do think we make our own decisions but even those choices are fate. Everybody has a path in their life, and that path is determined by God. We always make choices, sometimes good, sometimes bad, but with making these choices we walk the path and our fate is to do that. God has a plan for every one of us, but we are the one that has the choice how it will occur. From the experience we had and knowledge each individual makes different choices and has a different effect from those choices.
Philosopher Immanuel Kant states: “Life is not the kind of experience you’ve had, but the kind of choices you’ve made. If you’ve always tried to do the right thing, then you are a good person even if things did not turn out the way you planned.”(Irwin pg.89). I agree we have to make good choices and walk on the right path. Philosopher Richard Taylor states:”Fatalism is the belief that whatever happens is unavoidable.” (Irwin pg. 91). The events will happen, and we cannot escape our fate, our destiny.
The Oracle doesn’t actually tell the future, she only tells Neo what he wants to hear. He doesn’t think he is the one, so she tells him that. She encourages him to believe and to make a choice, and to walk the path. But after that he realizes he is the one and has the free will to choose the red pill. Neo chooses to become the One, which was his fate and Morpheus, and the other humans believed in him.
Philosopher Immanuel Kant states: “Life is not the kind of experience you’ve had, but the kind of choices you’ve made. If you’ve always tried to do the right thing, then you are a good person even if things did not turn out the way you planned.”(Irwin pg.89). I agree we have to make good choices and walk on the right path. Philosopher Richard Taylor states:”Fatalism is the belief that whatever happens is unavoidable.” (Irwin pg. 91). The events will happen, and we cannot escape our fate, our destiny.
The Oracle doesn’t actually tell the future, she only tells Neo what he wants to hear. He doesn’t think he is the one, so she tells him that. She encourages him to believe and to make a choice, and to walk the path. But after that he realizes he is the one and has the free will to choose the red pill. Neo chooses to become the One, which was his fate and Morpheus, and the other humans believed in him.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Blog 4
In the movie Matrix, Neo says: If you are killed in the Matrix you die here? Then Morpheus responds: The body cannot live without the mind. That means the mind makes it real. And whatever is real is not unreal. Everything is real or unreal. But how do we know the difference, how do we know what is real and what is unreal? Even Neo does not know that. If it wasn’t for Morpheus he wouldn’t know the difference. If Morpheus did not lead him out of the dream world and free him he wouldn’t know the truth. But he had knowledge and from his experience knew something was wrong with his world.
In the book “Matrix and Philosophy” is mentioned the word metaphysics. From the dictionary this means branch of philosophy that examines the nature of reality and the relationship between mind and matter. The metaphysics of The Matrix refers to the film itself and refers to the world presented in the film. Like Gracia and Stanford in the book use the words “source” and “ontological status” to determine the difference between the real and unreal or how in the film they say the virtual world. With the help of the sources actually the causes in our world we can answer the questions what is real and what is unreal? The causes for the real world are not the same with the causes responsible for creating the virtual world of Matrix. The Matrix is a computer program that is made by intelligent machines. And the real world comes from the humans. The word ontology is mentioned too in the book, means branch of metaphysics that deals with the nature of being. We know that the virtual world depends from the machines and they depend from the humans. That is way they are using the humans, their energy and body heat. This means the virtual world is weaker because depends from things in the real world. For a difference the real world doesn’t depend from somebody or something. What they use the most in the film is “mind”. Includes Neo’s, Morpheus’s and the other human’s minds. And in the other world are the machines that don’t have minds. I think the mind needs to realize what is real and what is unreal and then can be free.
In the book “Matrix and Philosophy” is mentioned the word metaphysics. From the dictionary this means branch of philosophy that examines the nature of reality and the relationship between mind and matter. The metaphysics of The Matrix refers to the film itself and refers to the world presented in the film. Like Gracia and Stanford in the book use the words “source” and “ontological status” to determine the difference between the real and unreal or how in the film they say the virtual world. With the help of the sources actually the causes in our world we can answer the questions what is real and what is unreal? The causes for the real world are not the same with the causes responsible for creating the virtual world of Matrix. The Matrix is a computer program that is made by intelligent machines. And the real world comes from the humans. The word ontology is mentioned too in the book, means branch of metaphysics that deals with the nature of being. We know that the virtual world depends from the machines and they depend from the humans. That is way they are using the humans, their energy and body heat. This means the virtual world is weaker because depends from things in the real world. For a difference the real world doesn’t depend from somebody or something. What they use the most in the film is “mind”. Includes Neo’s, Morpheus’s and the other human’s minds. And in the other world are the machines that don’t have minds. I think the mind needs to realize what is real and what is unreal and then can be free.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Blog 3
After watching the movie Matrix I am asking myself the question what pill I will choose. Neo decide to take the red pill and face the desert of the real. Like the most people I think that will be my choice too, to learn the truth about the reality. Neo is confused and has a lot of questions. What is the Matrix? I have the same questions like how do we know the truth? Do we also live in the Matrix? Are we controlled by the machines? We can never know if there is someone who controls our mind. From the book Ignorance, Peter Unger suggests the possibility that all of us are controlled by an evil scientist. That our bodies and brains are separated, and the scientist is stimulating our brains. Deceives us into thinking all of the things around us are real. That actually our bodies are in a pod of pink goo like all the millions of pods in the matrix. And we are all born in prison for our mind. Morpheus tells that to Neo. But worse than that is to be in prison where you cannot escape.
Education means to “lead out” as the prisoner is lead out of the cave and Neo is lead out of the Matrix. When Neo decides to take the red pill he doesn’t get an answer for his question, what is the Matrix? Morpheus just tells him to believe in himself. Neo believes Morpheus and for him that’s true. And he is justified in believing in it. From all the experiences he had, Neo believes all his life was a dream until he wakes up in the reality. We also have to believe and to be saved. Neo would endure anything rather than return to false reality.
Education means to “lead out” as the prisoner is lead out of the cave and Neo is lead out of the Matrix. When Neo decides to take the red pill he doesn’t get an answer for his question, what is the Matrix? Morpheus just tells him to believe in himself. Neo believes Morpheus and for him that’s true. And he is justified in believing in it. From all the experiences he had, Neo believes all his life was a dream until he wakes up in the reality. We also have to believe and to be saved. Neo would endure anything rather than return to false reality.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Blog 2
Through struggle we gain knowledge. Self knowledge is the key, and without it we can unlock no other knowledge worth having. In the movie Matrix Neo is seeking answers from the Oracle just like Socrates is from the priestess of the Apollo. The Oracle is showing Neo the sign “Know Thyself”. Neo has to know himself and believe in himself, and then to fulfill the Prophesy and free humanity.
Neo and the others in the Matrix are born in the world that for them is real. Like in the Socrates cave the prisoners are chained and live their whole life in the cave. One of the prisoners gets free and then he realize that the world that he was living is not real and there is more to life. In the movie Neo is freed from the Matrix. First he cannot accept that all his life he had been living in a dream. And he has to prove to himself that is the real world, and to help the others.
Morpheus believes Neo is the one, he tells him that he was born in a world that is prison for the mind. And that he needs to free his mind. He was the chosen one and like Jesus was chosen to spread the word of God. Jesus was helping and feeding the people, he was doing miracles turning the rocks into bread and fish. And Neo had power to stop the machines that were attacking the ship. He also had power to fight and fly. Neo is on a mission to save the human race and Socrates is on a mission to wake up the people so they can join him in seeking knowledge. Socrates realized that the unexamined life is not worth living. Mind is more important than matter.
Neo and the others in the Matrix are born in the world that for them is real. Like in the Socrates cave the prisoners are chained and live their whole life in the cave. One of the prisoners gets free and then he realize that the world that he was living is not real and there is more to life. In the movie Neo is freed from the Matrix. First he cannot accept that all his life he had been living in a dream. And he has to prove to himself that is the real world, and to help the others.
Morpheus believes Neo is the one, he tells him that he was born in a world that is prison for the mind. And that he needs to free his mind. He was the chosen one and like Jesus was chosen to spread the word of God. Jesus was helping and feeding the people, he was doing miracles turning the rocks into bread and fish. And Neo had power to stop the machines that were attacking the ship. He also had power to fight and fly. Neo is on a mission to save the human race and Socrates is on a mission to wake up the people so they can join him in seeking knowledge. Socrates realized that the unexamined life is not worth living. Mind is more important than matter.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Blog 1
In the Allegory of the cave, the prisoners in the cave know that the shadows thrown on the wall by the fire behind them are real. To the prisoners the truth would be literally nothing but the shadows of the images. After so many years we can still relate it to our everyday lives. Some people still live in their own realm of reality and I believe each one of us is still a prisoner in our own Allegory of the cave. We see Allegory of the cave as an illusion ones self reality, it is a distortion of all reality. We have to open our eyes and see the world around us. We have to break free to see the truth.
Like one of the prisoners we must walk from the darkness into the light. Stepping out of the cave and seeing the sun represents enlightenment, and opens a better understanding about life. Then the prisoner goes back to the darkness of the cave to free other prisoners. But they reject him and threaten to kill him. That is a direct representation of our typical behaviors in society. If I were in Socrates cave I would break free from the chain and take a step outside from the things that are familiar to me inside the cave, to see the world and learn more about life.
I believe at this point in my life I feel like that I was a prisoner in the cave who finally broke away from the chains. Once in a while I wander back to the cave not to forget where I came from.
Like one of the prisoners we must walk from the darkness into the light. Stepping out of the cave and seeing the sun represents enlightenment, and opens a better understanding about life. Then the prisoner goes back to the darkness of the cave to free other prisoners. But they reject him and threaten to kill him. That is a direct representation of our typical behaviors in society. If I were in Socrates cave I would break free from the chain and take a step outside from the things that are familiar to me inside the cave, to see the world and learn more about life.
I believe at this point in my life I feel like that I was a prisoner in the cave who finally broke away from the chains. Once in a while I wander back to the cave not to forget where I came from.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
About Me
My name is Nadica, I was born in small town Kocani Macedonia which is located in Eastern Europe. I finished High School there and after school I started working in a café in my local town. After 2 years of working there I decided to try and get a work visa and come to the United States and fulfill a destiny that I have always wanted. I got my visa and I have been here for 2 years working and traveling. I really like this country so that is way I decided to stay here and go to college. Because English is not my first language I had some concern that I would not do well at school. But I am going to do my best, study hard because I think the education is very important.
The first year when I came in the United States I worked and lived in Wildwood, New Jersey. I worked in an Amusement park and worked as a ride operator. I stayed there for six months and I met my future husband. After Wildwood I moved to New York where now I live together with my husband in Sunnyside Queens.
My parents and my whole family still live in my hometown. It is very hard to be without my parents but I am hoping soon they will come here and join me. They are the ones who influenced me to go to college and succeed in life.
Now at this point of my life my goal is to graduate from LaGuardia Community College and make something more of myself. I hope one day I will be successful and accomplish all my career goals.
The first year when I came in the United States I worked and lived in Wildwood, New Jersey. I worked in an Amusement park and worked as a ride operator. I stayed there for six months and I met my future husband. After Wildwood I moved to New York where now I live together with my husband in Sunnyside Queens.
My parents and my whole family still live in my hometown. It is very hard to be without my parents but I am hoping soon they will come here and join me. They are the ones who influenced me to go to college and succeed in life.
Now at this point of my life my goal is to graduate from LaGuardia Community College and make something more of myself. I hope one day I will be successful and accomplish all my career goals.
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