PHIL 003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Cephalus, Polemarchus, Thrasymachus
17 Oct 2018
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Socrates (plato"s ideas in socrates"s styles [non-dogmatic]) Thrasymachus (source of skeptical challenge throughout the book) Setup (meeting on the road and convo between. Soc presents an outline of account of justice and reason we have for being just. Socrates and glaucon are on way home after religious festival run into polemarchus stay another night. Go to cephalus"s house and engages in discussion. Soc. talk to ceph b/c ceph old and soc wants to learn more about growing old. Ceph claims that he doesn"t mind being old soc points out that he might mind it more if he weren"t rich. Cephalus makes old age easier to bear, but money won"t make old age easier for someone who isn"t a peace with himself (330a) Ceph: primary advantage of having money is that it helps people avoid injustice, esp. Can secure a better spation in afterlife if you"re rich because can sacrifice to gods.
