Classical Carousel: The Republic ~ Book II
Book Stooge 28 August 2017 at 03:31
Just get rid of all cities. Pastoral wonderlands wher'eer the eye beholds.
But really, I do advocate the first part. Pave the Planet is my mantra...
cleopatra 28 August 2017 at 07:43
I like your first suggestion! Life would be simpler in many ways and perhaps more enjoyable in a broad sense.
Pave the planet?!! Gasp! Is that because of your job? Has all the ashphalt you look at melted your brain? LOL! ;-) Where is your "green" spirit?
Mudpuddle 28 August 2017 at 12:29
Socrates realized, maybe, that he was being too much of an absolutist... viewing the world around him, he must have seen that chaos reigned almost everywhere and that the population desperately needed a strong hand; at the same time it required careful handling...
i've been impressed in my reading that he went to so much effort to try and create a stable society, even in spite of the craziness he saw around him....
tho i have wondered if his philosophies had anything to do with the tyrannies Greece suffered under for so many years...
cleopatra 29 August 2017 at 09:30
Yes, the tyrannies and the Peloponnesian War must have had a huge impact on him. Not to mention how quickly the democracy fell with Alcibiades and his oligarchies. I wish we knew more about both these characters (Socrates & Plato).
I do wonder if he really believed a stable society was possible or his Republic was merely the best he could come up with given our capricious natures. Hmmm ....
Classical Carousel: The Republic ~ Book II
Book Stooge 28 August 2017 at 03:31
Just get rid of all cities. Pastoral wonderlands wher'eer the eye beholds.
But really, I do advocate the first part. Pave the Planet is my mantra...
cleopatra 28 August 2017 at 07:43
I like your first suggestion! Life would be simpler in many ways and perhaps more enjoyable in a broad sense.
Pave the planet?!! Gasp! Is that because of your job? Has all the ashphalt you look at melted your brain? LOL! ;-) Where is your "green" spirit?
Mudpuddle 28 August 2017 at 12:29
Socrates realized, maybe, that he was being too much of an absolutist... viewing the world around him, he must have seen that chaos reigned almost everywhere and that the population desperately needed a stron
g hand; at the same time it required careful handling...
i've been impressed in my reading that he went to so much effort to try and create a stable society, even in spite of the craziness he saw around him....
tho i have wondered if his philosophies had anything to do with the tyrannies Greece suffered under for so many years...
cleopatra 29 August 2017 at 09:30
Yes, the tyrannies and the Peloponnesian War must have had a huge impact on him. Not to mention how quickly the democracy fell with Alcibiades and his oligarchies. I wish we knew more about both these characters (Socrates & Plato).
I do wonder if he really believed a stable society was possible or his Republic was merely the best he could come up with given our capricious natures. Hmmm ....