Plato's Cave SG

15/04/2012

We've been quiet for a while. But you guys don't have to be.. Check out this great new site for learning!

http://www.udemy.com/static/about

12/03/2012

Another cool idea from another part of the world of a free system school. How do you guys envision your perfect school being?

http://tradeschool.coop/about

Take a class with a range of specialized teachers in exchange for basic items and services. Secure a spot in a TradeSchool class by meeting one of the teacherÕs barter needs.

26/12/2011

Happy Boxing Day folks!

It’s finally Christmas (well boxing day technically) and while many are still hung over from too much eggnog, we at Plato’s Cave would like to wish you happy holidays and cheers to the new year. It was a tough year for the management team at Plato’s Cave, and we have undergone quite a big number of ...

22/12/2011

What word made your year?

19/12/2011

Why you need to get your ass to learning a new language!

Here at Plato's Cave we deal with a lot of languages, in the past year we've conducted expeditions on Italian, French, German, Hindi, Chinese and Korean just to name a few.

19/12/2011

So what is the point of literature?

Two key contentions remained in the discussion before the rain came and chased up away from our Al-Fresco dining haunt at Singapore Art Museum's Dome Cafe. How do we define literature, and what exactly did we mean by point?

16/12/2011

"Family is worth fighting for."

*SPOILER ALERT* This is a short movie review about, what could be in my humble opinion, one of the most brutal and emotional fight movies in a long while. Warrior begins in the city of Pittsburg...

15/12/2011

So really, tell us. Who is your social ideal? What do you strive for?

An interesting idea crossed my mind. What exactly is the ideal modern man? It seems no one knows. Every society has had an anthromorphic ideal. The guy that everyone should be like, Plato would call him the philosopher king. Confucious defined the perfect man as one who "combines the qualities of s...

15/12/2011

Figure out how to get your niche in listening to music

At this point, there maybe relativists out there who will bellow at the top of their voice. “Music is a subjective experience! It cannot be compared.” This has been a bane of relativism especially in the post-modernist sense. You can see a brief comparison of all the arguments here. . But like all r...

15/12/2011

So do you?

It is something most of us take for granted since the top 40’s hits (which are incidentally almost never Singaporean or anything from Asia for that matter) are the most prominent tracks that you will hear in any part of Singapore; be it the taxi, supermarket etc. This problem has been compounded sin...

15/12/2011

Okay, so you are still confused on how Plato's Cave works. Never fear! This video inspired by the old Spice man is to inform and incite laughter.

We thought we would make it easier and more fun for our Spelunkers and would be members to get into the flow of how they can actually make events that allow them to learn, create and learn.

14/12/2011

Be like Water?

Bruce Lee has fascinated and inspired millions of people around the world. His story is not unfamiliar, and his creation of a style with no style is hardly unknown. Bruce Lee has been called a philosopher and a thinker, and much of his martial art has been stated to be rooted in his philosophy. His ...