PHL100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Fallacy, Totalitarianism, Alternative Hypothesis
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Republic book ii & iii (blueprint for a totalitarian state): education: selection, propaganda, censorship. Do(cid:374)"t sho(cid:449) gods (cid:271)eha(cid:448)i(cid:374)g (cid:271)adl(cid:455) (cid:894)(cid:1007)(cid:1011)9(cid:271)-383c: a foretaste of the idea of god as (cid:862)perfe(cid:272)tl(cid:455) good(cid:863) More on education in book iv: happiness: are guardians getting a raw deal? (419) (cid:862)we are(cid:374)"t ai(cid:373)i(cid:374)g to (cid:373)ake o(cid:374)e group outsta(cid:374)di(cid:374)gl(cid:455) happ(cid:455) (cid:271)ut to (cid:373)ake the (cid:449)hole (cid:272)it(cid:455) so. (cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:1008)(cid:1006)(cid:1004)(cid:271)(cid:895) Cf. (cid:272)olours to (cid:373)ake (cid:862)the (cid:449)hole statue (cid:271)eautiful(cid:863: the happiness of each group derives from its role, co(cid:374)trast: the (cid:448)ie(cid:449) that group happi(cid:374)ess deri(cid:448)es solel(cid:455) fro(cid:373) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)iduals" happi(cid:374)ess. If happiness is a state of mind, you need a mind. Wealth, honours, music, art, sport: wealth and poverty both corrupt (420 1e, by forgoing wealth and offering the spoils to allies, guardians can defeat several enemies (420 2d) But (cid:449)o(cid:374)"t that (cid:272)orrupt the allies: guardia(cid:374)s (cid:862)hole e(cid:448)er(cid:455)thi(cid:374)g i(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374)(cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:1008)(cid:1006)(cid:1008)a(cid:895, ba(cid:374) i(cid:374)(cid:374)o(cid:448)atio(cid:374) i(cid:374) (cid:373)usi(cid:272), art or ph(cid:455)si(cid:272)al trai(cid:374)i(cid:374)g as it (cid:862)threate(cid:374)s the (cid:449)hole s(cid:455)ste(cid:373)(cid:863)
