Plato and Aristotle

  • Pluto

    • Telos: innate and unchanging

    • rulers:

    • Allegory of the cave

  • Tripartite of the soul

    • 3 parts of the triangle

      • reason:

        • interpretations of events and why we do or beleive in certain things

      • appetites

        • desires

        • consumption

        • pleasures

      • thymos

        • warrior spirit

        • anger dignation and pride

        • assert ones will or desires and taking action to seize it

      • telos: related to a predetermined destiny? or a destiny of some sort?

        • ideal purpose

        • rulers

        • Ideal ruler is philosopher king:

      • Telos: best self, best purpose

      • Aristotle:

      • man is a poliical animal

        • politics is reasoned debate amongst equals