PHIL 2420 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Human Nature, Oligarchy
4 Apr 2016
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Divine to plato is logos, the order (harmony) of nature. If you like the character of the order. Societal justice, plato has a very different view than we do. Truth for him comes from the theory of the forms. There is a perfect circle to which all things circular in nature partake in to a certain extent. The philosopher works to understand the forms; outside the cave" the shadows on the cave are subjective. Plato wants to arrive at justice, in truth; objective truth. For justice plato starts with the nature of people. 3 components of our mind intellect, emotion, passion. We are a mix of these three things, when things go wrong in life for you and others they are in a state of disharmony. Person = an arrangement of the 3 components. Person is happy the components are harmonious. Best society is harmonious to get this we have to have a full understanding of 3 components.
