in both Neil Postman’s essay “The Word Weavers/The World Makers” and Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave.” Just like the example above, having an established view of the things around us, through a particular view, can limit our vision of the big picture. An analysis of both Postman’s and Plato’s writings will allow us to understand Postman and Plato’s views on the way human beings perceive the world, and to expand on “The
When Kierkegaard talked about ‘subjectivity,’ he implied that human existence is ‘lived’ from the inside rather than observed or thought about from the outside. Subjectivity pertains to having a ‘first-personal’ rather than ‘third-personal’ sense of what it is to be a particular human being. Authentic human existence can be interpreted to mean self-realization, self-fulfillment and self-actualization. All human beings want to fulfil their capacities and realize their full potential. Everyone desires