HIST 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sophist
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Athens and sparta most powerful states at time. Sparta is an oligarchy, ruled by very few people. Athens and sparta at war for 30 years; both have large alliances; Socrates important figure in western culture; spoke in the republic. Sophists-teachers in athens, depended on students to pay them as a. Rhetoric vital in democratic state; sophists well educated in rhetoric; Socrates decides he cannot teach wisdom; wisdom cannot be taught. Socrates focused on justice and power; justice = power. Socrates accused of blasphemy and killed after a trial. Discipline temperance/self-discipline: knowing which class is the ruling class and which class is lower, minding your own business/ doing your own duty knowing the divide. Structure of the soul-similar to structure of state. After we know the characteristics of a state, we can see how the people act of the soul world perfect. The state forms the personality of the citizen.
