PHILO-120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Inculturation, Simile
17 Sep 2020
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Members of the ship struggle with one another to become captain (possess wisdom of navigation) Members of ship misunderstand requirement of captain. Eventually, they think captain is useless because they think they can sail a boat easily. Socrates explains why there are no philosopher kings. Societies are not conducive to the development of philosopher. Form of the good (acts as the sun; gives life) Intelligible realm: definition of the forms (beauty, courage, justice) Socrates believes abstract concepts don"t exist in physical realm. Don"t use number 2 next to tree. Audience imagine a group of prisoners chained since birth to the bottom of a cave. The prisoners can only see the wall in front of them. Behind them: puppeteers move statues in front of a fire (cast shadow in front of prisoners) If a prisoner breaks chains and turns around. His eyes are unaccustomed to the light of the fire. After a period of time, eyes will adjust to the light.
