PHIL 231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Tyrant, Capital Accumulation, Timocracy
8 Dec 2016
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Socrates returns to argument he wanted to have in book v. Point is to establish a ranking of real-world states. The five forms of government can"t be expected to exist in pure forms. Kallipolis will decline bc the philosopher-kings have to rely on sense perception in putting their eugenics policy into practice. Constitutions are born from the characters of the people who live in the cities governed by them. Concept of freedom: self-restraint, self-control, autonomy, freedom from the tyranny of spirit and the appetites. Concept of moderation: rule of reason over spirit and the appetites. * arises from ideal when there is discord. * result of intermixing of races and unbalancing of education in favor of gym over music. * portrayl of timocratic man torn b/w father of philosophy and noble temperament and mother and. Timocracy **** 2nd best to kallipolis society moving more toward materialistic ends. Dominant element of the soul: spirit (desire for honor, victories, good rep)
