PHIL 1610 Lecture Notes - Socratic Method, Cardinal Virtues
24 Mar 2014
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The founder of the academy (the name comes from academia, a sanctuary of the goddess athena), a school for philosophical education and training of statesmen. Wrote many dialogues (26), in which socrates was the main character. The dialogues are characterized by the use of the socratic method, the so called mid-wifing (elenchus). Socrates would midwife ideas, by helping others bring out thoughts by himself. The republic was written around 375bc, in the early years of the academy. The main topic of this book is the concept of justice in the state. In previoius chapters plato stated that we need structure of the state (with the division of classes) for our survival and prosperity. Now he"ll try to prove that harmony and balance are the premises for achieving justice. Three main ideas in this bok is: idea of unity, harmony and balance, education.
