POL 2107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Politeia
7 Apr 2016
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Pol2107 passion, happiness, and the care for one"s soul: plato"s metaphysical truths, aristotle: the city"s final cause, justice and happiness. Plato: criticized the ways that what we watch affects us (eg. violent movies) The effects of the polis on the world don"t have to be unguided; they can be guided by rationale thought and reason. Didn"t like the democratic mob; he felt that it lead to the polis having unguided effects on society. Plato: extremely concerned about passions and earthly desires. Plato: two different kinds of appetites : necessary, unnecessary. Pain ---- state of peace, calm ---- pleasure. Plato: only specific pleasures are not associated with pain. Politeia: not petty reform, but rather the reorganization of existence according to deep truths that are accessible only to those who combine innate, natural gifts to years of practice, study, and training. Everything is in nature for a reason. Virtue is available to everyone (except for the women, slaves, etc.
