CGS HU 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Square Enix Europe, The Body Human, Oligarchy
6 Apr 2016
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Good life comes from life of reason. Need to use reason and formulate what good means. Appropriate type of education will teach right virtues to contribute to perfect city/state. The philosopher"s mission of searching into myself and other men (apology pg. 30: need to understand human nature for better understanding of virtue/fulfillment. Peloponnesian war: begun in 431 and ended in 404 b. c. e, athens vs. sparta, when explaining loyalty, references p. w. The thirty tyrants: only ruled for a little over a year but rule was violent, dictatorial, took away property from many citizens, socrates opposed to tyrants. Oligarchy: power held by small group very commanding. Challenge to many older and traditional greek ways of thinking. Socrates"s ideas about the soul and his inner voice/daemon. Relativist attitudes not that unified vision structures like the perfect temple emblematized. Plato believes: we are social creatures, we are not self-sufficient, we need human activities, we have different aptitudes and strengths. Philosophers military artisans (three classes)
