CLST 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Thrasymachus, Pre-Socratic Philosophy
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Today: the motives of the idea for plato and aristotle that deeply understanding the nature of things is necessary for the good life, tied in with social good. Describing how a potential can be actualized or realized; how something that could be can become (acorn to oak tree) To ti n-einai; the what it was going to be; continuously or all along. What it was in the seed to become a fully matured oak tree. We have to do more than an animal or plant to fulfill this potential. So many capacities that we could potentially realize. Socrates: rulers are like shepherds: those in power have duty over those they rule. Thrasymachus: nope, those in power do what"s best for themselves; injustice is stronger, freer, more masking than justice. We need to hold them to their responsibility because it is. We need to hold them to their responsibility because it is part of their craft.
