POL 2107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Practical Philosophy, Stoicism, Dietitian

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 2107
• Professor: Joseph Roman

Document Summary

September 14, 2017 what politics were: most of us today think economics as being the most important: we define ourselves as consummers. The greeks weren"t interested in economics but: the greeks consider politics all important it"s the most important aspect of, to understand politics its really difficult to maintain a sound economic and sound social life. The market is supposed to solve all of our problems (no) that only holds to a certain extent. their lives, they were the first culture that believed this and practiced this. What the greeks called the agora this is where they held the books and held discussions, talking to fellow citizens talking about conventions. Socrates was a total citizen fighting with the people literally and politically. Being identified with your city or state was an existential being. of virtue (cid:523)they were separate religion was acknowledged it wasn"t however: socrates valued he valued the most.