PSCI 2301 Lecture Notes - Nous, Beforu (Album), Cay
7 Jul 2014
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Book 5 (trying to create perfect justice in an actual city: equality of women, the communism of women and children. Let"s look what good it does before seeing if it is impossible. Guardians who defend citizens like they are their own children, noted that it would be good even if it is impossible: the rule of philosopher kings. This type of justice can only come into being under the rule of the philosopher kings. The coincidence of philosophy and political power. You would need to have a king who is a king/actual king/son of a king who is a philosopher, as well as a listening city. Relationship between philosophy and politics is a contradictions/puzzle. would be very lucky and unlikely. But without justice in the city, it will always be torn by faction, disorder, and injustice. Book 6 the apology for why philosophy is not useless (why does philosophy have a bad reputation in athens: philosophic nature is rare.
