PHL100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Nominalism, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Athenian Democracy
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Persuade all citizens to stay put in their position . Their happiness is just a fa ade and not factual happiness. People are governed through deceit in this case. Poets are banned altogether meaning no freedom of expression. Extremes are rejected as they create revolution. It"s an inherent thing people are born to do it. Socrates aims to make the whole city happy not just one particular group. Greek statues were painted in garish colors. For a statue to be beautiful, it must be painted in one best color. Happiness state of mind but city doesn"t have a mind so it cannot and need not be happy. So the city should serve people"s needs for they are minded and need to feel happiness: auxiliaries, producers. Middle class citizens are not tempted to take risk of doing unjust things to accumulate money. But people are envious beings so they would desire things that they do not have.
