POLI 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Polemarchus, Proverb, The Possession
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No, max was not a just king. The wild things did as they should have done (they did wild things): as erotic beings, meaning heavy on platonic eros, they did appetitive things. Their actions were in order, so the punishment they received was not. Back to school max: learn your music! The possession of women, marriages, and the procreation of children must be governed as far as possible by the old proverb that friends share everything in common. Polemarchus: son of cephanlus, who was glad (but not too glad) to have outgrown his libido. All young men so of course they are going to want to talk about this topic as they care only about sex. I was somewhat hesitant to bring it up: i was afraid, my dear comrade, that our argument might seem to be no more than wishful thinking. Like guard-dogs, females should guard and fight along with the males.
