Political Science 2237E Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Battle Of Greece, Timocracy, Political Philosophy
8 Mar 2018
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Student of socrates: his version of socrates is right all the time. Thought friends had all things in common: what i own, they own. Sets up commune where everything is shared - adopted in republic. Magical qualities to numbers - plato adopted this in the republic. Establishes school of philosophy called the academy. Visits north africa and egypt, cicely - advised king on how polity should be run. Socrates did not write anything so we get versions of him from multiple writers. Xenophon (student of socrates) adopts him as character - more fun (conversational, not right all the time) than plato"s socrates. Cynics (diogenes) - good life is living simply, getting rid of things to help others - Athens moved away from oligarchy regime - very nervous about anyone who asked about democracy. Socrates kept asking questions about democracy when he was not supposed to - made politicians look foolish.
