POL208Y1 Lecture Notes - Thrasymachus, Polemarchus
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Polemarchus claims in order to be just, you need to know friends from enemies. Thrasymachus-his significance=plays the accuser of socrates; he foreshadows accusations which results in. Of who does thrasymachus accuse him? (incompetence) Plato doesn"t have one specific view; question of justice-not one specific idea/view. Need to take all perspectives into account. Understanding of world through clashes of ideas presenting different opinions (exemplified through characters. When reading take all characters into account. Plato strips away the era of the people he writes about, he writes them as people. Athens: greatest naval army at the time. Can"t treat people justly if justice isn"t understood. 335a) the man who seems good" is a friend. 334b) humans make mistakes=one of difficulties understand friend" from enemy.
