PHIL 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Lightning, Franz Stuck, Irony
24 Mar 2016
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Criminals are ugly hogs vs. hoggish: unlike a true greek socrates = criminal, soc confesses he is a monster vices in anarchy together* Sec 4 of soc equation: reason = virtue = happiness: the use of dialectic (proving everything you say), (socratic method, q&a session. Means the low life gets even with the aristocrats reason to justify all statements: what is courage vs. what is justice. N"s opinion: dialectic is a last resort for soc one chooses dialectics only when one has no other means expedient, wise and prudent measure. Words are power for plebeians (masters of the word: we think only in the form of language , soc became powerful through this, think of one thought you cant put into words. Aristocrats standing alone, never had to justify what they said: no need to think/reason they just acted. Repelling fascination: soc inventing new kind of contest and he became a master of it ones eyes away from it.
