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Imagine prisoners who have been chained since their childhood deep inside a cave: not only are their arms and legs immovable because of chains; their heads are chained in one direction as well so that their gaze is fixed on a wall.
Behind the prisoners is an enormous fire, and between the fire and the prisoners is a raised walkway, along which puppets of various animals, plants, and other things are moved. The puppets cast shadows on the wall, and the prisoners watch these shadows. Behind this cave there is a well-used road, and upon this road people are walking and talking and generally making noise, which echoes off of the wall. The prisoners, then, believe that these noises are coming directly from the shadows they are watching pass by on the cave wall.
The prisoners engage in what appears to us to be a game: naming the shapes as they come by. This, however, is the only reality that they know, even though they are seeing merely shadows of objects. They are thus conditioned to judge the quality of one another by their skill in quickly naming the shapes and dislike those who play poorly.[citation needed]
Suppose a prisoner's chains break, and he is able to get up and walk about (a process which takes some time, as he has never done it before). Eventually he will be compelled to explore; he walks up and out of the cave, whereby he is instantly blinded by the sun. He turns then to the shadows on the floor, in the lakes, slowly working his way out of his deluded mind, and he is eventually able to glimpse the sun. In time, he would learn to see it as the object that provides the seasons and the courses of the year, presides over all things in the visible region, and is in some way the cause of all these things that he has seen.
(This part of the allegory, incidentally, closely relates to Plato's metaphor of the sun which occurs near the end of The Republic, Book VI.)[1]
Once enlightened, so to speak, the freed prisoner would not want to return to the cave to free his fellow prisoners, but would be compelled to do so. Another problem lies in the other prisoners not wanting to be freed: descending back into the cave would require that the freed prisoner's eyes adjust again, and for a time, he would be one of the ones identifying shapes on the wall. His eyes would be swamped by the darkness, and would take time to become acclimated. He might stumble, Plato asserts, and the prisoners would conclude that his experience had ruined him. He would not be able to identify the shapes on the wall as well as the other prisoners, making it seem as if his being taken to the surface completely ruined his eyesight. (The Republic bk. VII, 516b-c; trans. Paul Shorey).[2]
Interpretation
Plato believed that truth was gained from looking at universals in order to gain understanding of experience Humans had to travel from the visible realm of image-making and objects of sense, to the intelligible, or invisible, realm of reasoning and understanding. "The Allegory of the Cave" symbolizes this trek and how it would look to those still in a lower realm. Plato is saying that humans are all prisoners and that the tangible world is our cave. The things which we perceive as real are actually just shadows on a wall. Just as the escaped prisoner ascends into the light of the sun, we amass knowledge and ascend into the light of true reality: where ideas in our minds can help us understand the form of 'The Good'.
Socrates himself interprets the allegory (beginning at 517b): "This image then [the allegory of the cave] we must apply as a whole to all that has been said"—i.e., the preceding analogy of the divided line and metaphor of the sun.
It has been up to scholarly debate in 20th century how exactly these three sequential comparisons can be coherently bound together. The main problems arise from the allegory of the cave having three cognitive stages and the divided line having four of them, where the first division (shadows, reflections) seems not to be needed to apply to the cave and is hard to be interpreted ontologically, i.e. in the manner of the cave at all. The metaphor of the sun seems to assert that from seeing things in the light of the sun we can raise to seeing ideas in the light of the Good, while in the cave it is not evident that it can not be done without helping and forcing prisoners to look at the light.
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Minimalista,Essenziale e impressionante... Bravo Uby
Ecco.. arriva così.. la voglia di voler scrivere qualcosa su qualcuno. Arriva guardando una foto. Ma in realtà non è *quella foto*, ma sono tutte insieme, tutte quelle che ho visto che mi suscitano l'ispirazione!! Uby, sai già quanto ti stimo come fotografo, ma ho proprio sentito il bisogno di *dirlo un po più forte… Read more
Ecco.. arriva così.. la voglia di voler scrivere qualcosa su qualcuno. Arriva guardando una foto. Ma in realtà non è *quella foto*, ma sono tutte insieme, tutte quelle che ho visto che mi suscitano l'ispirazione!! Uby, sai già quanto ti stimo come fotografo, ma ho proprio sentito il bisogno di *dirlo un po più forte*. I tuoi colori si mescolano, si intrecciano, si fondono in forme. I veri soggetti delle tue foto sono i colori!!!! E anche con un BN riesci a creare *meraviglia*, questa non è solo bravura... è talento! E tu, per me, ne hai da vendere!! Riesci a esprimere movimento, le tue foto sono come un fiume in piena, e il mare in cui sfociano sono i nostri occhi. Grazie per tanta meraviglia. :o)
Read lessè con estremo piacere che scrivo questo testimonial per Uby che a mio avviso è un vero e proprio artista,mai banale,eclettico e geniale nei suoi scatti che magistralmente trasforma in vera e propria arte contemporanea.Io lo adoro e mi ritrovo ad attendere impaziente ogni suo post che puntualmente esalta e mai delude… Read more
è con estremo piacere che scrivo questo testimonial per Uby che a mio avviso è un vero e proprio artista,mai banale,eclettico e geniale nei suoi scatti che magistralmente trasforma in vera e propria arte contemporanea.Io lo adoro e mi ritrovo ad attendere impaziente ogni suo post che puntualmente esalta e mai delude!
Read lessDear Umberto, I have found to your stream, about a year ago, thanks to your study #5 and since then you have amazed me with your wonderful pictures almost on a daily basis. Your stream offers more than awesome macros, fascinating abstracts, finest minimalism, breathtaking bokes, beautiful b/w, tremendous colours. It… Read more
Dear Umberto, I have found to your stream, about a year ago, thanks to your study #5 and since then you have amazed me with your wonderful pictures almost on a daily basis. Your stream offers more than awesome macros, fascinating abstracts, finest minimalism, breathtaking bokes, beautiful b/w, tremendous colours. It offers views into new, different, unknown worlds and when I have a look at my contacts pictures I always wonder what surprising new world you might have discovered for us. You're a true artist and more than anything else I admire your creativity which inspires me to improve my own work. Grazie caro amico, Andreas
Read lessUby....le sue foto sono sempre una sorpresa, giocano tra la realtà e la fantasia, i colori brillanti imprimono in chi le guarda un senso di positività, fanno pensare, sorridere e applaudire. Sfogliare il suo album fotografico è sempre un piacere.........
The wonderful and unseen world is open to you when viewing Umberto's photostreem. His vision is the beauty. Our reality, everyday things that surround us show their hidden textures, shapes and meaning through his shots. I'm glad he is between us on flickr because his works really inspires me for research, for seekin… Read more
The wonderful and unseen world is open to you when viewing Umberto's photostreem. His vision is the beauty. Our reality, everyday things that surround us show their hidden textures, shapes and meaning through his shots. I'm glad he is between us on flickr because his works really inspires me for research, for seeking and improving my own vision and skills :) Thank's for your all shots Umberto!
Read lessafter almost a year of knowing Uby..nd yea i'm late !! I found myself gotta write testimonial on this amazing friend nd photographer.. Uby's stream got more than pix~ it's more a touch of a dreamy soul nd artistic eye..! Imagine wut kinda beauty this combination can produce!! i'd luv to see his every each next image … Read more
after almost a year of knowing Uby..nd yea i'm late !! I found myself gotta write testimonial on this amazing friend nd photographer.. Uby's stream got more than pix~ it's more a touch of a dreamy soul nd artistic eye..! Imagine wut kinda beauty this combination can produce!! i'd luv to see his every each next image to delight my day as well as soul..i respect photographers who's dealing with colours nd shades nd each post is more to fiesta then normal catch ..this is Uby's Fiesta art.. U can be amazed with his perfection nd creations as well.. yeh i'm learning from him nd gainin a bit of his magical touches on all his awesome work.. to let his lens captured emotions along with objects is a thing i wish to do one day..he is hell good on it nd so talent with a Unique artistic eye.. talking about him as friend~im grateful to meet him nd for havin him as a real nd true friend who is generous nd so uplifting with his kind nd sweet visits nd always giving the feed back on things he feels or sees in ur pix.. keep goin nd keep amaze us with Ur perfection Ur work is a real delight for the day nd night never stop.. much hugss for you Nahid ♥
Read lessUby, the man of great creativity, holds a higher rank in photography. He is the master of bokeh and king of macro. His b/w images take us to a time,to where we'll be never ever able to return back. And he has got a capability of extracting the beauty of simple objects and materials through his abstract shots. More… Read more
Uby, the man of great creativity, holds a higher rank in photography. He is the master of bokeh and king of macro. His b/w images take us to a time,to where we'll be never ever able to return back. And he has got a capability of extracting the beauty of simple objects and materials through his abstract shots. Moreover,I love all his portraiture and nature photographs,which contains drama on each of them. In one word I should say he is an 'all-rounder' in photography in every aspects of it. It is really great to be one of his friends.
Read lessUby's pictures just make me plain happy. Love what you do with that lens! Thanks so much for sharing your talent and bringing such happiness to us all! dd
I'm following Umberto from the beginning of my experience on Flickr. He is amazing, a great colors player; his DoF control is an actual funny game and the abstract works are awesome. He represents a dear friend of mine, always supportive and inspiring. Big Hugs Umberto (Ubyside)
Quite simply, Umberto is the king of abstract. He has an uncanny ability to embrace the beauty of simplicity. Less is most definitely more. With a distinct conceptual style, Umberto has a knack of being able to turn the simplest of subjects into works of art. And with an underlying wit and intelligence behind his image… Read more
Quite simply, Umberto is the king of abstract. He has an uncanny ability to embrace the beauty of simplicity. Less is most definitely more. With a distinct conceptual style, Umberto has a knack of being able to turn the simplest of subjects into works of art. And with an underlying wit and intelligence behind his images I, like many others, am compulsively drawn to Umberto's photostream, one of Flickr's gems.
Read less"tra sogno e realtà... tutto cio' che osserva diventa uno scatto che ha sempre un qualcosa di speciale. riesce a catturare il tuo sguardo, la tua attenzione e ti attira nel suo mondo... una volta entrata in questo mondo, faccio fatica ad uscirne, perchè i colori, le luci, i toni, sono coinvolgenti, ogni foto una… Read more
"tra sogno e realtà... tutto cio' che osserva diventa uno scatto che ha sempre un qualcosa di speciale. riesce a catturare il tuo sguardo, la tua attenzione e ti attira nel suo mondo... una volta entrata in questo mondo, faccio fatica ad uscirne, perchè i colori, le luci, i toni, sono coinvolgenti, ogni foto una sorpresa... nello stream di Uby c'è tecnica, bravura, genialità, ed un qualcosa segreto che ancora non sono riuscita a scoprire... grazie Uby..."
Read lessGuardando i suoi scatti c'è solo da imparare!!! La sua vena artistica e fantasia fanno scuola!!! Ottimo!!!
"Trouver la joie dans le ciel, dans les arbres, dans les fleurs. II ya des fleurs partout pour qui veut bien les voir." - Henri Matisse. Umberto sees the flowers.
Where is Yufen, where is Yufen, ...this is the start of our friendship here @ flickr.com. Mr Uby has a keen eye for details,he's one of the most sensitive Photo Artists(with a big A)I've ever seen.His use of colors and blacks are most incredible.He's THE MASTER of BUKEHs. I wonder if his eyes are fixed or focused on … Read more
Where is Yufen, where is Yufen, ...this is the start of our friendship here @ flickr.com. Mr Uby has a keen eye for details,he's one of the most sensitive Photo Artists(with a big A)I've ever seen.His use of colors and blacks are most incredible.He's THE MASTER of BUKEHs. I wonder if his eyes are fixed or focused on this microscopic reality as in the allegory:-) but He has the gift to draw my attention back to the amazing beauty of nature. Thanx for turning my head towards this fantastic aspect of life... I'm happy to get surprised by his most recent uploads. Uby my friend,happy to know you! Jones
Read lessyou're absolutely amazing. seriously. you always have the best lighting, and the most AMAZING MACRO (which i'm exxxxtremely jealous of), best bokeh:) and just, everything you do inspires me! hopefully i'll come close to getting half as many comments and favorited pictures as you someday :D
They say you can't judge a book by its cover, and that applies to ubyside as well. Say you've seen his fantastic macro shots, I know they're all brilliant but please just don't judge uby as a macro shooter. ubyside is a multi-talented photographer with unlimited subject images in various aspects of life. You can marvel… Read more
They say you can't judge a book by its cover, and that applies to ubyside as well. Say you've seen his fantastic macro shots, I know they're all brilliant but please just don't judge uby as a macro shooter. ubyside is a multi-talented photographer with unlimited subject images in various aspects of life. You can marvel at his abstracts and portraits of my favourite cat on Flickr, Rogue, and you can go oooh and aaahh at uby's superb presentation of the amazing world of ants, and his B&W portraits.. don't think I'll need to explain how good they are, and you've got to admire uby's love for water, both in and out, and his original combination of colours throughout the stream is a great feast for the eyes ...... but most of all, ubyside's unique vision, creativity, and imagination will take you to the wonderful journey of gushing inspirations. As you can read from the other testimonials below, ubyside is a great friend to many of us on Flickr. I won't be here without ubyside's help and encouragement. Umberto is my hero. Grazie amico. Ti amo ❤ :)
Read lessA true artist, an explorer of the mind and of the tricks it plays on our eyes... Uby really excels in abstract and macro photography work - I sometimes wonder what planet he comes from when I literally stare at his photos and let them take me away and into their imagined worlds. Thank you for sharing your vision of the… Read more
A true artist, an explorer of the mind and of the tricks it plays on our eyes... Uby really excels in abstract and macro photography work - I sometimes wonder what planet he comes from when I literally stare at his photos and let them take me away and into their imagined worlds. Thank you for sharing your vision of the world, my kind friend :)
Read lesswizard of the forest, king of the bugs, a DROP of magic in flickr sea ;-))
Time now to Write a testi for my Friend (ubyside) / Umberto . He is Great talent of Bokeh & Macro , One of best that i ever seen on Flickr , Umberto has a great sense of compositions and lighting. His images always have such fabulous atmosphere!! That i love So much =) Always a great pleasure for me to come in h… Read more
Time now to Write a testi for my Friend (ubyside) / Umberto . He is Great talent of Bokeh & Macro , One of best that i ever seen on Flickr , Umberto has a great sense of compositions and lighting. His images always have such fabulous atmosphere!! That i love So much =) Always a great pleasure for me to come in his photostream and I am sure everybody will agreeWith me =) Since I have been on flickr and met Umberto I saw that he is Great person so friendly, is also very encouraging and positive in his support of others. I Always look forward to reading his comments in my Photo Stream Coz Encourage me a lot , thanks a lot my Friend =) I am happy & Lucky to be his friend ;) In Short he is Master of Bokeh & Macro Short =) I wish you all the best in your future for every thing =) Tc Regards : Atif (Xploiter ™)
Read lessI won't ramble at length about it, but you look at this fellow's fine photography, and you can't help but marvel at his control over his subject, over the art, over the presentation of the world around us in entirely new and jaw-dropping ways. Totally mind-boggling, this talent.
Uby is truly a gifted artist. His photographs are always inspiring and unique. He sees a side of life that few of us even notice. For he truly stops and smells the rose’s every day! He passes on his adventure with all of us who are fortunate enough to have found him on flickr. Stunning, beautiful, and original is just… Read more
Uby is truly a gifted artist. His photographs are always inspiring and unique. He sees a side of life that few of us even notice. For he truly stops and smells the rose’s every day! He passes on his adventure with all of us who are fortunate enough to have found him on flickr. Stunning, beautiful, and original is just a few words I would use to describe Uby’s photographs.
Read less100F Photographer! Here you find highly attended pictures. Quality on highest level. –– 100F摄影! 在此您可找到深受关注的相片。 最高水准的质量。 –– ¡Fotógrafo 100F! Aquí encontrará imágenes muy apreciadas. Calidad al más alto nivel. –– Fotógrafo 100F! Aqui encontra imagens que receberam muita atenção.Qualidade ao mais alto nível. –– Photograph… Read more
100F Photographer! Here you find highly attended pictures. Quality on highest level. –– 100F摄影! 在此您可找到深受关注的相片。 最高水准的质量。 –– ¡Fotógrafo 100F! Aquí encontrará imágenes muy apreciadas. Calidad al más alto nivel. –– Fotógrafo 100F! Aqui encontra imagens que receberam muita atenção.Qualidade ao mais alto nível. –– Photographe 100F! Vous trouverez ici des clichés très recherchés. Qualité au plus haut niveau. –– 100F Photograph! Hier finden Sie viel beachtete Bilder. Qualität auf höchstem Niveau. –– 100F Photograph! Qui trovi immagini molto guardate. Qualità al massimo livello. –– 100F 사진! 귀하는 여기서 아주 우수하게 평가된 사진들을 찾을 수 있습니다. 최우수 수준의 질. World100F – QualityGroup – Marco
Read lessUbyside is GENIUS personified... Ubyside's eye for the 'normality' in life with it's fresh perspective just staggers me. His work has had a massive influence on the way I use my camera. He constantly delivers imagery that is unmatched (in my opinion) - with such an insight and talent with all the differnet … Read more
Ubyside is GENIUS personified... Ubyside's eye for the 'normality' in life with it's fresh perspective just staggers me. His work has had a massive influence on the way I use my camera. He constantly delivers imagery that is unmatched (in my opinion) - with such an insight and talent with all the differnet processes and technology at his disposal - Ubyside will ALWAYS come out with perfection !!! His Flickr page is somewhere I visit on a daily basis and I find myself looking forward to seeing the new photos... PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE SIR - NEVER, EVER, EVER STOP doing what you do so, so, so well darling !!! Kindest Regards ALWAYS - Alison - xxx
Read lessUn alieno è arrivato fra noi! Nasconde la sua astronave nelle profondità del Lago Maggiore, esce per fotografare tutto con il suo terzo occhio dopo aver scansionato tutto nell'intimo di tutto ciò che lo circonda.... Uby sei una.... CONTINUA SORPRESA! Ogni foto è uno SCHOCK! Cézanne once exclaimed, "Monet is the str… Read more
Un alieno è arrivato fra noi! Nasconde la sua astronave nelle profondità del Lago Maggiore, esce per fotografare tutto con il suo terzo occhio dopo aver scansionato tutto nell'intimo di tutto ciò che lo circonda.... Uby sei una.... CONTINUA SORPRESA! Ogni foto è uno SCHOCK! Cézanne once exclaimed, "Monet is the strongest of us. He's an eye, but, my God, whay an eye!", now I exclaim " Ubi is an eye, but my God, what an eye!"
Read lessIl suo stream è come il paese delle meraviglie...questa è la prima cosa che mi viene in mente pensando ai suoi lavori. Da quale pianeta bizzarro e meraviglioso provengono le immagini che ci mostra ? Provengono dal pianeta immenso e sconfinato della fantasia ...è da li' che Ubyside ci riporta in Terra quelle colorat… Read more
Il suo stream è come il paese delle meraviglie...questa è la prima cosa che mi viene in mente pensando ai suoi lavori. Da quale pianeta bizzarro e meraviglioso provengono le immagini che ci mostra ? Provengono dal pianeta immenso e sconfinato della fantasia ...è da li' che Ubyside ci riporta in Terra quelle colorate e surreali " visioni " artistiche che sono le sue foto . Nei suoi scatti talento , tecnica e creatività si miscelano magicamente in un'alchimia sublime , in grado ogni volta di affascinare , sorprendere ed incantare l'osservatore .
Read lessUby has one of the most interesting photostream on flickr. His capacity to transform ordinary things in extraordinary pictures is just amazing!!!! Everytime I visit his gallery I get surprised with such an authentic, original shot. Criativity should be his second name. I'm very glad to have him as a flickrfriend!
Uby must be a Flickr God in disguise! I am not kidding! =D. He is the epitome of everything and anything creative. Anybody can take a picture but it takes talent to make it art and Uby here does it. I admit, I am addicted. =] p.s - I LOVE your "alien" pictures. =D. ♥
Umberto is an awesome photographer with a differently unique way of seeing & photographing interesting images!! A look at his photostream will tell it all... His pictures are rare & interesting. Best of abstracts that you can get in Flickr!! Above all, he is a good dear friend of mine!! Happy to have you as my contac… Read more
Umberto is an awesome photographer with a differently unique way of seeing & photographing interesting images!! A look at his photostream will tell it all... His pictures are rare & interesting. Best of abstracts that you can get in Flickr!! Above all, he is a good dear friend of mine!! Happy to have you as my contact! Keep up the excellent job, my dear friend!! --hugs--
Read lessI always look forward to viewing uby's photo stream and his new pictures. He is technically a very accomplished photographer. His style is versatile and original. His colour choices are rich and uplifting. However, the number one reason I enjoy Uby's pictures so much is that they always elicit positive feelgood emot… Read more
I always look forward to viewing uby's photo stream and his new pictures. He is technically a very accomplished photographer. His style is versatile and original. His colour choices are rich and uplifting. However, the number one reason I enjoy Uby's pictures so much is that they always elicit positive feelgood emotions in me. To me, only a true artist can do that. Thank you, merci beaucoup, gracias Umberto!
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