PHI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Cephalus, Polemarchus, Thrasymachus

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 1101
• Professor: Laura Byrne

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Note: this is the last day for new material (what you need to know for. The midterm: thursday she is indicating what you need to know exactly from the. He is the representative of the tradition in this context, the gods, old values, while thrasymachus is the challenge of the sophist. He is carrying on as usual (this is his significance). He is the representative of the tradition of the one that. Socrates threatened: this is an important speech in regard to age : as he is giving detail to the traditional morality. He indicates that immoderate, this is where old age is hard to bare. The virtue of moderation is the foundation to greek thinking. Stay away of the extremes (excess and deficiency). If you do have this virtue, the sweet spot cephalus says it is not bad being old.