Political Science 2237E Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Constitution Society, Diophantine Equation, Practical Action
22 Oct 2018
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Nocturnal council of near-philosophers supervise: group will serve as priests, in charge of religious ceremonies, similar to athenian jury. 10/22/18: the moral sense acquired through the experience of living, virtue, ethics, politics, productive, production, art, rhetoric. Truth in the world is an eternal form. The true nature of a thing is found in its origin in the world; things tend to move away from perfection. Empiricism: all knowledge of the world is based on experience/observation. Truth in the world is a mean position between two extremes. Truth in the world can be verified by common experience; there is a collective wisdom. True nature of a thing is marked by its. Wasteful: communal ownership of property, private ownership is better, it is better for property to be private and its use communal. Jealousy: women as guardians, aristotle is adamant that women are lesser than men, too feminine; weak, soft, no endurance.
