Political Science 2237E Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Athenian Democracy, Pythagorean Theorem, Dionysius I Of Syracuse
17 Dec 2016
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Political science 2237 lecture september 20, 2016. (cid:862)otheri(cid:374)g(cid:863) the past try to understand the arguments that were put forth then. Gangs fill a void when original institutions fail. Main reason to join is to belong. Multiple choice questions 1/3 will be from tutorial. From an aristocratic family property, decent education at first wants to be politically involved. But, he meets socrates, who is the leading philosopher at the time. Plato ope(cid:374)s the s(cid:272)hool (cid:862)the a(cid:272)ade(cid:373)y(cid:863) after plato"s death philosophy school. Travelled in north africa, egypt influenced by pythagoras pythagorean theorem. Pythagoras was a radical vegetarian apparent mystical powers, could talk to animals mystery cult pythagoras is obsessed with numbers, mathematics undeniably true. Visited sicily political consultant advice king dionysius the second of syracuse how to control the polis. Uses socrates as a character in most of his work no writings survived from socrates, so he gets to define socrates.
