PHI 2183 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Mathematical Model

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 2183
• Professor: Hilliard Aronovitch

Document Summary

Question about individuals shifts to society/the state, then back to individuals. Plato"s ideal state: the republic in the republic. Cities will have no rest from evil nor will the human race unless philosophers rule as kings in the cities, or those whom we now call kings and rulers genuinely and adequately study philosophy . A society of three classes (plus slaves): rulers (the leaders, a. k. a. Plato didn"t consider slaves as part of the population. He doesn"t question their current structure of having slaves, he assumes that it will continue to be. Best for individuals and society if each person has one role/occupation only. 61 (433): everyone must pursue one occupation that for which his nature best fitted him . Reason, emotion, desire: these are what make up people"s personalities, it"s a balance of the three, some have more of one and less of another.