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- Dabbled in Politics
o Involved in Athens politics
o Ran for office
o Retired in twenties after Socrates execution
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- 420-340 BC
- Founded the Academy
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§ Pursuit of wisdom brings happiness
· By happiness he means well being
Almost perfection/peace/contentedness
True Intellectual
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“The Good Life”
o This meant that there was a life that you could live that was good morally and virtuously
§ We should try to achieve this Idos
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Plato: Government and Idos
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o Why not let politicians be the people that make up this Idos so that we are forced to live the good life
Doesn't believe individuals can live good life without government.
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| Plato: The average person |
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| He thinks that people can be driven to be good if the society is good. But aren't JUST GOOD. |
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Democracy= Mob Rule
People are too fickle
Easily led astray
People aren't smart enough to vote
Democracy ==> Beaureacracy |
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| Plato: "No man is an island" |
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People are social beings.
True happiness can't be achieved by being alone.
Happiness can only be achieved when we operate as a citizen |
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| Plato: "The unexamined life isn't worth living" |
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Through examination you can achieve true wisdom--> happiness .
How philosopher king gets to be
Find your niche through self examination.
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- Plato established a system of education
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o Every child is educated in exactly the same way.
o Then students would pick at 18 where they wanted to be.
o People who continue with education into their late life and survive all of the weeding out get to be philosopher king
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Finding your niche
Justice to Plato was accepting your place and not doing harm to others.
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Finding the objective good
Idos
Light in cave reference |
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Doesn't Exist
Only thing we have are rules made by humans |
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Plato Rules
1. It is bad when people are obsessed with money, power and material goods.
2. People interested in “spirited desires” people meant to be soldiers or guardians.
3. “Rational desires” capable of ruling polis.
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Absolute truth exists.
Beauty is not in the eye of the beholder... Beauty is beauty. |
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Highest State of Mind
Knowledge
knows truth and justice
Thinking
contemplating
Belief
know you should be honest but don't know why
Imagining
Unenlightened
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Plato: Allegory of the Cave
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§ Everyone is trapped in a cave
§ Some people can break away from chains and see the sun
· Philosophers
§ Those who see sun are ruling class
§ Those stuck in cave are working class
§ Philosopher King is the only one who can see the sun
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