Philosophy 3003F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Noble Lie, Well-Order, Sun-2
26 Mar 2019
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369d: fictional historical account of city, city arises out of our basic needs. 369e: doesn"t make sense for everyone to do everything themselves, need division of labour. **note: plato believes you should be able to i. d. these natural talents in babies: we want more than just basic needs ( utopia ) 370e-371: talking about importing/exporting, need to produce enough for trading. 373e: luxuries, origins of war = wants beyond our basic needs. 374a: war, moving from craftspeople to auxiliary class (soldiers) 374e end of book ii: talks about guardians auxiliary craftspeople (= well-ordered city) Because people have natural abilities, it makes sense to put people into these hierarchical classes (classes = take orders from those above you) classist society (however, you need each level) How is this structure maintained: book iii 315a-b = noble lie , your place is determined by the type of soul you"re born with, innate differences (mostly soul ability but some physical too)
