Political Science 2237E Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Cephalus, Noble Lie, Polemarchus

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 2237E
• Professor: John Grant

Document Summary

Not aloud to be citizens if: woman slaves any man who didn"t have two athenian parents. The assembly open form when any athenian could attend where they could discuss political issues and vote this is where we get idea of direct democracy: met about 40 times a year or so. Peoples court: major cases involving government or signi cant public importance upwards to determined by lottery citizens would be selected by lottery to act as jury members in court cases private cases upwards to 200 juries. 700 of these, 600 were selected by lottery so 3 out of 4 institutions are selected blindly** 100 who aren"t selected by lottery are true specialists anybody who isn"t chosen by lottery would have been directly chosen by the assembly. Plato is not character in republic and his arguments are given through socrates primary theme of republic is justice, asking what is justice and whether justice is desirable for individuals or/and states.