POL200Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Meletus, Myth Of Er, Habituation
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May 12th lecture #2 the republic i & ii. Politeia individual can have a constitution in the same was a polis can. Apologia speech in defense of your position. Written around 380bc, taken place during peace period during peloponnesian war. 1st page character is mentioned as son of political figure to show that these political figures are at play. Polemarchus is put to death signifies time of unrest. Book beginning in the piraeus, a port city of athens, because in the seat of military power (naval power), commercial military center outside the centre of the city, away from nomoea, where people assembled to discuss democratic revolution. At the beginning of dialogue socrates is with glaucon, son of areston, to see whats going with new festival. Polemarcus sends slave to catch up with them, cohearse him to stay with hi(cid:373) u(cid:374)til e(cid:448)e(cid:374)i(cid:374)g. (cid:894) o(cid:272)(cid:396)ates does(cid:374)"t i(cid:374)itiate dialogue, has to (cid:271)e pe(cid:396)suaded to i(cid:374)itiate it, does(cid:374)"t e(cid:448)e(cid:374) (cid:449)a(cid:374)t to sta(cid:455) i(cid:374) pi(cid:396)aeus(cid:895).
