ANT212H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Thrasymachus, Buddhism, Stoicism
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What it consisted in and, consequently, how it might be achieved. Whether virtue (i. e. personal attributes, character, things we can control) was merely necessary or necessary and sufficient to its attainment. ((and note also the position of thrasymachus who seems to suggest that it is neither. Goal of human life is flourishing - more commonly accepted translation. Either we flourish and grow or we don"t get what we need or thrive. All ancient philosophers agree that this is the ultimate goal of life. Focus on what are the conditions for human flourishing. Vipassana mediation is a technique (of the self) that developed within buddhism. It is practiced in various ways by both monks and lay persons. Vipassana = seeing things as they really are. Anapana = preliminary form of meditation that focuses on breath. In meditation in modern buddhism, cook describes month long retreats in a thai monastery.
