Philosophical review of ‘the
Matrix’
After viewing ‘the Matrix’
First Question
IDENTIFY SOME PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUE
FROM THE MATRIX THAT YOU FOUND PARTICULARLY INTERESTING OR DISTURBING OR
OTHERWISE, AND INDICATE WHAT CONNECTIONS, IF ANY, YOU SEE BETWEEN THAT ISSUE
AND PLATONIC PHILOSOPHY?
Second Question
MATRIX (movie): Neo’s first
meeting with Morpheus:
Morpheus (to Neo): ” You’re
here because you know something. You know you can’t explain it but you feel it.
You’ve felt it your entire life. Something’s wrong with the world. You don’t
know what it is, but it’s there, like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad.
It is this feeling that has brought you to me. Do you know what I’m talking
about?”
WHAT IS MORPHEUS TALKING ABOUT,
AND WHAT CONNECTION DO YOU SEE BETWEEN THE FEELING THAT THERE’S “SOMETHING
WRONG WITH THE WORLD” AND THE KIND OF QUESTIONS THAT DRIVE PHILOSOPHY?





