THEO1088 Lecture 23: Lecture 23 Notes
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Plato: state is a unity: vs. Aristotle: state is a plurality: made of parts, says it would not even be the best case scenario if it were a unity, because that would be the destruction of the state. Even within the family, there is the distinction between the ruler vs. the subject. Plato: have children attached to state, not families: all raised in common all united/the same and together, vs. Aristotle: all = collectivity, can put responsibility on others, less personal, vs, each = individuals, personal responsibility. Aristotle believes that we care more about what is ours, so if you push for more unity, you are less attached. )f everything is common (cid:523)(cid:498)all(cid:499)(cid:524), no one will feel that something is his own, or that something is precious. Precious = rarity, which is not present if all children are the same. If we think about everything all the same what, it is impossible to care about them in meaningful ways.
