PSCI 2301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Sexual Reproduction, Hoplite
13 Dec 2015
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Essay topics: comparative questions will be released three weeks before the essay is due which is at the end of the course (dec) Socrates has concluded that his students are not fit for learning his practices/philosophy. Socrates is trying to conclude the dialogue and students are getting upset. First part of the dialogue is concluded, students explain that socrates has left out a part. Kefalus: you cannot judge ones mans own life by judging a certain part of their life. The motherland: the law of men and women. Socrates compares humans to male and female puppies: breeding. Pg. 135 452a-452b: males are superior in physical stature. This brings to question the validity of gender equality because, this would mean the women. Ex: allowing women to participate in the military (physically inferior-can"t hold a hoplite would have to participate in the same daunting physical tasks that men have to do shield)
