Matrix's philosophy

Kiel 2022-04-23 07:01:01

It seems that from the time of taking Marxist theory classes, teachers and textbooks are educating us that "the world is a connected whole". What is the connection, how to connect, and how the connection is established, these issues are actually difficult to describe in any philosophy.

The philosophical significance of the film Matrix is ​​undoubtedly the true meaning of the film's "original". Where is the connection reflected? Zion and the matrix, one abstract and the other figurative; Zion is a real human society, although everyone says that this is a different society from the matrix, but what is the difference? Except for the lack of a hole in the back of the head, and the so-called "not being directed by the mother", he is actually the same as the people in Zion. The people in the matrix are embodied as people who are connected by the pipelines of the matrix and live in the nutrient solution. Their feelings and perceptions can be realized by the design of the matrix. Although they are in the void, their lives are very specific.

This commonality between Zion and the Matrix is ​​fully revealed in the third volume. The director's intentions are here. In the end, it is not Agent Smith who opposes, but an anti-institutional mechanism; in the end, it is not Zion or the matrix that wins, but an order in the system. As for whether this system is Zion-based or matrix-based Lord, it doesn't matter anymore.

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Extended Reading
  • Anastasia 2021-10-20 18:58:19

    One of the few unreadable movies

  • Delia 2022-03-24 09:01:04

    I only watched it 22 years later, and I still feel very shocked! Very hard-core science fiction plus Zen Eastern philosophy, the focus is to be very romantic at the same time. From today's point of view, the worldview, concept and even the costumes in the movie are still very advanced. I really like the dialogue between Neo and Oracle. The core of the whole story is Know yourself. What others tell you is not important. You have to believe in the talents from the bottom of your heart. create a miracle. Everyone has to believe in something to make a disruptive change. There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path. Whether you choose a red pill or a blue pill, it’s all human nature. Maybe most people will choose to deceive themselves in the virtual world and live a life of comfort and unconsciousness, but that’s it A precious few people prefer not to be controlled or deceived. They choose to live in the cold reality and fight continuously throughout their lives. Wachoiski is really awesome

The Matrix quotes

  • Morpheus: Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself.

  • Morpheus: The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy. But when you're inside, you look around, what do you see? Businessmen, teachers, lawyers, carpenters. The very minds of the people we are trying to save. But until we do, these people are still a part of that system and that makes them our enemy. You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it.

    [Neo's eyes suddenly wander towards a woman in a red dress]

    Morpheus: Were you listening to me, Neo? Or were you looking at the woman in the red dress?

    Neo: I was...

    Morpheus: [gestures with one hand] Look again.

    [the woman in the red dress is now Agent Smith, pointing a gun at Neo's head; Neo ducks]

    Morpheus: Freeze it.

    [Everybody and everything besides Neo and Morpheus freezes in time]

    Neo: This... this isn't the Matrix?

    Morpheus: No. It is another training program designed to teach you one thing: if you are not one of us, you are one of them.