POL200Y1 Lecture : What is THE REPUBLIC about.docx
Document Summary
Education- politics is essentially about educating people. Rest of books portrays the definition through the example of a just society. Acheieving a certain type of balance and order in the world. Philosphy- life dedicated to seeking truth, how you should pursue the truth, offers a deep view of the obstacles that are presented in pursuing the truth (one of the main obstacles is politics itself). Cephalus- justice is honesty in word and deed. Polemarchus- justice is helping friends and harming enemies. Thasymachus a) justice is the interest of the stronger. B) it is the unjust man who flourishes. What class is in power that class makes the laws that class tell you what justice is. Glaucon and adeimantus ring of gyges. City of pigs true but minimal city. Parts of the soul/virtues of the state. This class system must be maintained, there is mobility from class to class, but people are not encouraged to do so.
