ARTSSCI 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Thrasymachus, Physis, Polemarchus
8 Dec 2016
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Setting: athens, the city-state, 5th century bce. The city refers to the society as a whole: piraeus. As if looking down upon it, like a god. Events: peloponnesian war, the tyranny* of the thirty. Tyrant was a pupil of socrates: execution of socrates, plato"s academy. Talks with others rather than at them (elenchus: cephalus. Erotic, lusty, motivated by base desires (eros: polemarchus. Definition of justice: giving others what"s due (arete) Plato"s counter a better man would rather do good to his enemies to bring them up instead of down: thrasymachus. A person who reasons with clever but fallacious arguments (techne) Definition of justice: the will of the stronger . Bet: the punishment of learning (socrates) vs. material reward (thrasymachus) Definition of justice: when a ruler knows what they need to further their own interests and acts on it . Socrates" counter improvement of society, citizens": glaucon & adeimantus.
