Political Science 2237E Lecture 2: PS 2237 Lecture 2
14 Sep 2016
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Plato: humans have ruling/rational part, courageous/ honor seeking/ appetitive/ productive portion of personality. Polis: leader (ruling)/ producer (appetitive)/ soldier (courageous) Homeric greece: tymocracy (p. 111 of the republic): love of honor (more important than honesty) Christians (0-1600 ad: augustine is writing as collapse happens, aquinas political institutions solvent, calvin is living in a city state. Depend on the writings that survive (most letters came from. Baghdad: most literature come from aristocrats, well off because they were literate. Economy (based from little"s book: gift econ: accumulation of money is not the goal, money does not define wealth in this sort of econ, people want status or honor because they equal power. In ancient times friends are the main resource b/c necessary for survival. Money measures the world: saving is a virtue in a profit econ. Whereas it"d be a mistake in gift econ: usury is acceptable = lending money at interest (gift: seen as repulsive so do it to your enemies)
