PHL100Y1 Lecture Notes - Tyrant
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Plato tells us that the life of the perfectly just man is 729 times better than the unjust man. Plato gives us three types of arguments that are known as: Political proof: plato takes the analogy of a tyrant and his soul (appetite dominates) Tyrant is a slave to his desires. Plato says that if you are a slave to your desires, you are easy to control because they know how to push your buttons; you are at the mercy of your desires. The bulk of your desires will go unsatisfied because you can"t satisfy them all at once and you will be unhappy. Anyone in whom reason doesn"t rule, that isn"t someone who isn"t a uniformed whole, they are a scattered self. If you had reason ruling your soul speaks with one voice because your desires (appetite and honour) are all kept in line by reason. There is just disharmony and reflexes responding to external stimuli.
