POLS 2900 Study Guide - Final Guide: True Life, Noble Lie, Tyrant
13 Oct 2013
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The republic cities make possible the way of life; made clear in the republic cities make possible the good life for humans; but if people have the wrong ideas of how to live true life. Our understanding of good life is high reputation, nice home, fortune/money (the most important ingredient in a good life) line 331 page 10. Socrates and interlocuters agree on how the city comes to existence. There will be strict division of labour. Even when discussing physical training of guardians, he still emphasizes their the best guardians are infact real philosophers lines 399e moral/mental for it is something with philosophers yearn. 414b the myth of the metals aka the noble lie the inhabitants of the city were fashionably created by the natures of earth. Gold, silver, and bronze people- represent the hierarchy of the city, in that order.
