POLS 2900 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sophist

• School: York University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 2900
• Professor: Michelle Mawhinney

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Children should be brought up by the city and not their parents, and women and men with the same skill set should receive the same education, meaning there will be female guardians and rulers. Socrates believes this city could really exist if kings and rulers become philosophers, or if philosophers become rulers. O(cid:272)(cid:396)ates does(cid:374)"t (cid:449)a(cid:374)t to talk a(cid:271)out holdi(cid:374)g (cid:862)(cid:449)i(cid:448)es a(cid:374)d (cid:272)hild(cid:396)e(cid:374) i(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374),(cid:863) (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause he"s o(cid:374)l(cid:455) searching for the truth and might be wrong in front of his friends. Talki(cid:374)g a(cid:271)out the (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) (cid:374)o(cid:449), sa(cid:455)i(cid:374)g (cid:449)ould(cid:374)"t it be ridiculous to see the women at wrestling school training naked with the men, the men agree it would go against custom but are surprisingly open to the idea. It (cid:449)as(cid:374)"t too lo(cid:374)g ago g(cid:396)eeks thought it shameful for even men to train naked. Going to look at the differences and similarities in human nature now, men compared to women namely.