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Callicles, The Ancient Nietzsche, Rips Democracy (Gorgias 5)

Political Philosophy-Dr. Laurie M Johnson

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What Is the Best Life?

Socrates gets Caliocles to agree that the powerful are not simply those who can force things to happen. The good are those who can discern what is good for them really, he says. And how do you do that? How do you actually know what isgood for you? We come back to that question. What kind of person can think well enough to determine what is actually best for themselves and others?"

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