1. The Comprehensive Good - Contrasting Beliefs on Virtue
While Classical Philosophy tangles with many questions, one could surmise from the readings that the universal goal of most (classical) philosophers was to answer the question "what is the best life?" ... For this to occur, philosophy must rule the city, ideally under a philosopher king. Just as reason would rule in an ideal city [run by a philosopher king], reason must also rule in the soul in order for the soul to rule the body in such a way that it can control the many individual passions and impulses of the body. ... Socrates' believes that his primary notion of justice being the grea...
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