Plato: Justice In The Person And Polis Flashcards
What are the four virtues
Wisdom
Courage
Moderation
Justice
Wisdom in the person and Kallipolis
Good judgement, the rulers perform their functions
Courage in the person and Kallipolis
Acting in accordance with your beliefs about what is to be feared through anything
Courageous auxiliaries performing their functions
Moderation in the person and Kallipolis
The worse part is mastered by the better part
The rulers control the auxiliaries and producers
Justice in the person and Kallipolis
The having and doing of one’s proper work
Every individual fulfils their proper function
Socrates and Plato believe that justice isn’t about performing certain actions, it’s about
Being a certain kind of agent
Why is it bad for a producer to become a guardian
Someone lacking courage or wisdom could be guarding the city which could lead to internal conflict and thus justice would be lost
Plato’s three parts of the soul
Appetitive
Spirited
Rational
Appetitive part and correspondence to polis
Your many wants and desires, most powerful when seeking particular objects of desire
Corresponds to producers, they meet people’s wants
Spirited part and correspondence to polis
You emotions and broader aims and goals, seeks honour and victory, helps the rational part
Corresponds to auxiliaries: strong
Rational part and correspondence to polis
All the paradigmatically rational activities, seeks truth and wisdom
Corresponds to rulers: the rational part of the person should rule
Wisdom relation to parts of soul
Person is wise when the rational part rules the whole person
Courage relation to parts of soul
Acting in accordance with their beliefs, their spirited part allows them to stand fast
Moderation relation to parts of soul
When their rational part controls their spirited and appetitive parts
Justice relation to parts of soul
All of these parts act in accordance with each other, no internal conflict
