POLB72H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Noble Lie
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Socrates- no human opinion can be taken at face value. All our opinions = under scrutiny from bar of reason. Central theme of republic- confrontation of city & public. Permanent sense in which the city cannot tolerate philosophy. It calls into question the city"s most deeply held and fundamental beliefs. City must be ruled by philosophers to be truly just. diversity from foreign lands, etc. Piraeus = port of athens, center of athenian commerce, can see. Plato never speaks to us in his own name. (always a character) Good life is synonymous with a life of scrutiny. Series of questions about cohesiveness & community. How can we make citizens consider each other as their own families wide spread patriarchal loyalty? aims mother, etc. ), are to be explained away as if in a dream. membership in the city. Everyone can"t just be caring about his or her self-interested. Any recollection of being born apart from citizenship (i. e. father,
