
28 - Plato's Republic 11: A Tyrant's Life
Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy Podcast
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The Wisdom Lovers or the Honor Lovers?
There are three kinds of people depending on which part of the soul is dominant. Reason desires knowledge and takes pleasure and learning, Spirit loves power and victory and honor. The money lover wants to satisfy his desire for food and sex by paying attention to how much money he can make from it. And what do you think is more satisfying and pleasurable? Things that are true and real or things that aren't? True and real: Eternal unchanging things like knowledge and intelligence in virtue or bread and food.
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