Melden, "three forms of desire, each with its characteristic object: wisdom; honor; gain as a means to the satisfaction of bodily appetites…reason alone is immortal and separable from the body." (53) Socrates, "It is clear that the same thing cannot act in two opposite ways or be in two opposite states at the same [...]
More quotes from Plato’s Republic for my philosophy students. Themes include: The Just Man Virtue Social Contract Theory Conceptual Analysis Human Nature The sin of inaction Melden, A. I. (1967). Ethical theories; a book of readings (2d ed.). Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,: Prentice-Hall. Melden, "Socrates holds that in moral conduct also there is a measure which [...]
Some more quotes from Plato’s Republic for my philosophy students. Themes from these: Legal moralism Might makes right The concerns of the craftsman, including leaders and rulers Who is happier, the just or unjust person? Thrasymachus, "So this is what Socrates’ wisdom comes to! He refuses to teach, and goes about learning from others without [...]
For my philosophy students, some notes from Plato’s Republic to remind us of some of the major themes of the course. Melden, A. I. (1967). Ethical theories; a book of readings (2d ed.). Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,: Prentice-Hall. Plato (428/7 — 348/7 B.C.) Only real life political adventure ended in disaster. Never gave up [...]
I’m posting quotes I find interesting as I reread the collected dialogues of Plato. The Defense "I am certainly wiser than this man. It is only too likely that neither of us has any knowledge to boast of, but he thinks that he knows something which he does not know, whereas I am quite [...]
More Plato quotes I find interesting as I’m rereading the collected dialogues of Plato. "Why should we pay so much attention to what ‘most people think’?" (29) "I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good. Which would be a [...]