POLS 1002 Lecture 7: Book 8 = Plato, the Republic
Document Summary
The city is unified, the parts are harmonized in the whole. The city is ordered, the political body is a hierarchy. The city is excellent, it aims at ethical flourishing. The city is happy, it produces lasting satisfactions. Socrates only thinks one regime embodies justice itself. Socrates tells a story of callipolis" corruption, while everything in the intelligible world is eternal, nothing in the visible world lasts forever. The best form of justice at the top, there"s a lack of justice as the list goes down regime. Callipolis timocracy oligarchy democracy tyranny excellence wisdom courage moderation. Democracy is characterized by three principles that socrates does not value. Freedom = individuals do what they please, even animals are more free, they chafe under rule . Socrates thinks this means an absence of restraint. The people at large rule themselves, no one is more qualified to rule you than yourself.
