POL 2107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Glaucon, Civil Disobedience, Terminator Genisys
6 Dec 2013
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
411: oligarchic revolution (rule of the 400 ) 404: oligarchic revolution (rule of the 30 tyrants one of them is plato"s uncle) The socratic problem and the trauma of socrates" death. Xenophone paints socrates as a pious man. Various accounts of what he was like. Socrates" dialogue in some pieces contradict socrates" dialogue in other works. Socrates is the most influential figure in western thought. Many have compared his story to that of jesus (impact on the western world, traumatic deaths, etc. ) Dedicated to their causes, both extremely virtuous, developed a new way of thinking/set of principles. The events surrounding socrates forever changed the development of the western world. Genuinely cared about the good, the truth, and the well-being of athens. Killed by the very city he cares so much about. His trial and execution took place in a democratic regime. We don"t like to think of democracies as executing critical thinkers.
