PHL 333 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Making Money, Hoplite, Cithara
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Phl 333 philosophy of human nature notes. Plato republic: aristocratic family, political and public leadership, socratic influence. But plato wants you to look past beyond the obvious: something is pushing the cars forward, the idea of something obviously you know what the car is, but the shape is the concept, different chairs, tables, etc. There are different kinds of them, but it is their essential concept: shape and idea of what you know, when we ask, what is it? , we are looking for a form. Without mentioning the awards: are people just because they know the awards that they"re going to get, why do unjust people succeed, glaucon wonders whether justice is any kind of good at all. Appearance of justice is good, because of its consequences. If people do justly things, god will favour them. Justice: justice is each part of the soul performing its proper function. Reason rules (spirit aligning itself with reason) the appetites.
