PHIL 2280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cardinal Virtues, Meddle

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 2280
• Professor: Omid Shabani

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A(cid:272)(cid:272)o(cid:396)di(cid:374)g to the do(cid:272)t(cid:396)i(cid:374)e of the fou(cid:396) (cid:272)a(cid:396)di(cid:374)al (cid:448)i(cid:396)tues i(cid:374) a good (cid:272)it(cid:455) (cid:449)e"ll ha(cid:448)e (cid:449)isdo(cid:373), (cid:272)ou(cid:396)age, moderation, justice. (427e) justice according to some is to be found in. For socrates, justice in the city is the kind of harmony. And injustice on the other hand means meddling in each othe(cid:396)s" affairs. Socrates next move is to suggest by way of analogy (435b) that if the same kinds of attributes are found in an individual as in the just city then the individual must be just too. (434c) Justi(cid:272)e i(cid:374) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)iduals does(cid:374)"t lie i(cid:374) thei(cid:396) e(cid:454)te(cid:396)(cid:374)al a(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s (cid:271)ut i(cid:374) the (cid:449)a(cid:455) the(cid:455) a(cid:272)t (cid:449)ith the(cid:373)sel(cid:448)es and their inner parts. Justice for an individual means that he does not allow for the three parts of his souls to meddle with each other, or for himself to mind other people"s business. (443d)