POL S 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: The Good Life

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14 Mar 2019
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Politics the good life; it is essential to or the vehicle for a greater life. This week: politics as a constant threat to the way we life. Defending himself for the charges brought against him by the city of athens. Begins by distinguishing himself from all other speakers; trying to speak whole truth without giving a flowery speech. Not trying to persuade but is trying to just present the situation as it is. States he hasn"t really spent time participating in public in athens and he isn"t used to this kind of speech. Suggests the kind of speech used in these institutions is usually meant to persuade through rhetoric(al questions) He is only interested in truth, asking questions oriented through truth. Political speech vs philosophic speech: rhetoric and persuasion vs truth. All he can do is pursue truth. Calls attention to aristophanes the clouds where socrates was called out and stuff.

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