12-29-2012, 07:15 AM
(12-29-2012, 06:48 AM)rowens Wrote: Why do you like these quotes from Plato, specifically? I was just interested.The republic begins with a debate on the nature of justice, what is good and evil, virtuous and sinful, and over time the speakers in the dialogue explore the topic from as many different angles as they can, regardless of whether or not they believe in injustice, as most speaking claim to not.
They explore the topic in an individual, and in a state, and in order do do so they describe settings for the hypothetical characters.
In the end they create the framework for what they believe is a good, just state or "nation", and one comes away with the feeling that doing good is preferable to doing evil.
These are just a few snapshots of some of the more profound statements.
And its not exactly that i like them, its that they are timeless, and can be applied to some of the actors on the world stage of today.
The only problem with plato and aristotle is that they tended to mix both science, logic, and religion in some ways, what many held as truth then would not hold water today.