POLS 250 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Polemarchus, Cephalus, Thrasymachus

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Political Studies
• Course: POLS 250
• Professor: Colin Farrelly

Document Summary

Answer #3: justice is to benefit friends and harm enemies. (polemarchus: refute to #3: friends may really be enemies and vice versa (socrates) : (cid:498)skill analogy(cid:499) all skills aim at the good of their. Humans need: cooperation (not self-sufficient, conglomerate of talents (as humans all have different ones, guardians (because war is inevitable, rulers, auxiliaries. The classes: bronze: workers who produce what the city needs to stay afloat, silver: guardians/soldiers who are trained specifically to fight for the city, gold: guardians/philosophers who seek the truth and therefore pursue the common good. Rule is ensured through education under strict supervision (meritocratic rule), censorship, abolition of private property and eugenics (inheritance based rule). 4 virtues of the state: wisdom: rulers and their rationality, courage: auxiliaries and their spirit (argument fitting into. Athenian belief regarding the eternal soul: self-discipline: harmony between the classes, justice: each is suited to it"s own purpose.