POL200Y1 Lecture : Plato, Republic
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Socrates believes they do not: usually people lie in order to help somebody, however gods are not friends to the, constricting the scope of lying to the human beings sphere. Who created the world? crazies, etc so do not lie in order to protect anyone lie because there is no reason for them to lie: usually questions about nature of world. If gods lie to us, that reality deceives us, there is no possibility of philosophy, there is no possibility of us ever knowing the truth. Where do we come: the noble lie, noble lie because is supposed to serve for the good of the city, what was established by laws of the city becomes natural, myth of the metals.
