PHL 501 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ryerson University
19 Sep 2016
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Phl 501 - social thought and critique of power. The book illustrates natural limits vs. items of limitless. > this is not an exact limit at which you cannot pass. It is simply a threshold where after passing you enter a different state. > there are some things that naturally do not have a limit, such as desire. What does he mean by nature and conception that it offers to politics. Slavery is a natural fit towards those who are fit towards leading vs. those to who are naturally fit towards following. > that which is necessary, vs. that what is good. Certain virtues plato has in mind are : courage, wisdom, justice, generosity. Sometimes justice is based on a solution that fits rather than what is necessary permanently right. Notices that every single form of expertise/craft has a purpose/goal that they want to complete. > doctors with the goal of creating medical cures etc.
