Return To Source – Philosophy And The Matrix

This fascinating documentary is about the film The Matrix and its relationship to philosophy and philosophical themes.

The discussion is broad and explains how masterfully and seamlessly the movie touches on everything from Socrates, Plato, Descartes, Berkeley, Kant, Nietzsche, Baudrillard, Borges, Nozick, LaPlace, Hume, Schopenhauer to religion, meaning, purpose, causality, free will, consciousness, love, intuition, etc.

Recommended Books/Readings related to the movie:

Plato – Allegory of the Cave

Rene Descartes – Meditations on First Philosophy

David Hume — An enquiry concerning human understanding

Jean Baudrillard – Simulacra and Simulation

Immanuel Kant – The Critique of Pure Reason

Arthur Schopenhauer – The World as Will and Representation

Friedrich Nietzsche – Thus Spoke Zarathustra

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