PHI 1101 Study Guide - Polemarchus, Cephalus, Glaucon

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 1101
• Professor: Laura Byrne

Document Summary

Cephalus: speaking the truth and paying one"s debts. Claims he can not explain what justice is. Characters: socrates: philosophy, thrasymachus: sophist, glaucon: one of plato"s brothers, a noble youth, adimantus: glaucon"s broher, noble political connections, polemarchus: another youth, noble youth, cephalus: aging father. In athens where a festival was happening and a new god was being introduced. Great poets: were understood to have written under divine inspiration. Greeks looked to homer and hesiod to learn about gods and for instruction in how to live. An authority favour, patriarchy, man of old values. Nothing challenges his commitment to old religion and values. It is because of hades that cephalus values most his money. Wealth is a help in avoiding being unjust either to other humans or to the gods themselves. Saves him from having to cheat or deceive someone against your will. No debt to humans and no debt to gods. Friends that believe this are terrified for their sins.