POLI 2P91 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Star Wars Holiday Special
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There would not be harmony without high and low notes, nor living things without female and male, which are opposites . Conflict is what makes the world go round. We must recognize that war is common and strife is justice, and all things happen according to strife and necessity . War is the father of all and king of all . Because of conflict, order can come to be. For the very best choose one thing before all other, immortal glory among mortals, while the masses eat their fill like cattle . Humans must put life on the line so their name lives on. Don"t just live your life day by day like a cow. Put life on the line to die a heroic death to be remembered. Iliad as template for martial virtue in democratic athens. What it is to be a man, the best human being. Look at that and how first democracy comes to place.