PHL100Y1 Lecture : PHL lecture, oct. 6.doc
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Now that the ideal society has been constructed, plato proposes an elimination method for locating justice (427e-428a): since the society is ideal, it must contain the standard virtues: Wisdom: found in the society s sound judgment about social matters as a whole, clearly the province of the rulers (428b-429a) Courage: found in the capacity of a part of the city to preserve its belief about what is to be feared and what not, namely the. Moderateness: is a kind of harmony or orderliness located in the diffusion of the same opinion throughout the society about who should rule and who should be ruled (430d-432b) Thirst itself is for drink itself, and not for any special kind of drink. Explanation: thirst qua thirst is not for hot drink or cold drink, or much drink or little drink, or drink of any specific quality. (437d8- Thirst is one of those that are something (439a1-2)