PHL100Y1 Lecture Notes - Noble Lie
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The fundamentally principle of human society is that it makes people better. Plato believes that human society is grounded in need. We get together to satisfy our need. Aristotle view is that human beings are herd animals. Society is not a response to anything, but that of humans getting together. The principle of specialization is to find out what people are good at, and have them do that job, so they can get better at it. The problem of a rational society is that life is not just made up of needs but of wants. We want things that make life worth living. The city needs to expand to accommodate the people into the society. Soldier are needed to protect and defend the city. The people for this job are called the guardians. The job of looking after the society if to be bestowed upon guardians.
