PHI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Cephalus, Thrasymachus, Enthymeme

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

Document Summary

Rather difficult book to read, focuses on socrates" teachings not empirical but focused on questioning (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) *rep bk ii focuses on plato"s ideas, much easier to read. Socrates and the others go to polemarchus"s house there they find. Cephalus, polemarchus"s father (a wealthy, elderly business man), other well connected youth, and thrasymachus (an avowed sophist). (cid:1) Cephalus: the tradition, the gods, and values set down by hesiod and. Homer that are now being questioned; old values (cid:1) (cid:1) Glaucon, adeimantus, and the others: the noble youth who will decide the fate of the culture (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) He was sitting on a sort of cushioned chair with a wreath on his head, as he had been offering a sacrifice in the courtyard. (328c) (cid:1) Significance: cephalus does not doubt the tradition, but carries it on faithfully and enthusiastically. (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)