POLSCI 2O06 Lecture Notes - The Strongest, Thrasymachus, Polemarchus
7 Dec 2013
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Plato is the author, socrates is the main character, who is a teacher, questions and criticizes peoples speech. Accused of poisoning the minds of young men and skepticing the gods. When in prison refuses to flee and died an honorable death drank hemlock and committed suicide. Socrates doesn"t obey the law but questions it no matter what. He represents a dramatic tension between critical thinking and being a good citizen. The move between is a deceive shift to certain people. Socrates goes down to the democratic with his brother making a judgment out of disinterest. You are forced to reflect about politics as a philosopher. Beings with cephalous (justice is giving to each what is owed), says he is relieved to be an old man because he has no desire to have sex. Before i couldn"t get serious about life because he was plighted with desire.
