PSCI 2301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cephalus, Techne, Tyrant
3 Dec 2015
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Everything in political history is a footnote to plato . Critical sting to the politics of the time. Plato felt very much that his times were in crisis, he tries to analyze why they were in crisis and how to fix that. The point is to picture what politics would look like if politics were ideal. Spent all of his time among the young teaching what is wrong & how to fix it. Our duty to have thought about the nature of what is government for. Structured like a play: each character represents a position. Its an apology, a way back to the light. It"s a way to steer the general populous away from the attraction of tyranny. In the dialogue form each person represents a perspective or pov that adds the. Socrates one with strength: indicative of the strength of his wisdom and. Cephalus head: phallus (play of words, wealthy merchant, well respected businessman.
