耶鲁大学 Political Philosophy lesson 1
Why we should read the books of great works like Plato
1.basic question of the world
2.great thinkers great because they define the problems that all later thinkers and scholars have had to use in order to make sense of there world
3.No permanent answers for political philosophy, no final authority
4.Read, listen and judge ,use the freedom of the human mind to discuss
What is the regimes?what are regime politics?
The concept of the regime:<the republic >
1 a form of government
how people are governed and how public officers are distributed
- partisan :loyalties and attachments contend for honor and for interest.
- “organization of hatreds “:replace conflict to harmony?
- consists of the entire way of life, constitutes an ethos, shapes a common human type, constitutes a citizen body.
How are regimes founded?
whether
1.reflection or choice
2.product of accident
What is a statesman?
- statecraft
- statesman’s necessary quality：philosopher or purely practical skills, transforming human nature or faceless
- practical field, advice giving
great political thinkers were typically engaged in the politics in there times.
what are people stand for:
comparative politics
Which of these regimes are best?
1.ancients tend to believe?
2.moderns believe? domestic
3.small closed society or large cosmopolitan consisting of all man
lacks actuality
How does it influence our behavior ? what is a good citizen?
- patriotism
- relative to the regime, different from good human
- idea of freedom
- philosopher can never be a good citizen in any regime. love, loyalty and friendship.
Political Philosophy is the highest tribute we pay to love
political philosophy exists and only exists in “zone of indeterminacy.” between the actual and ideal.
“eros”=love
Reading:<plato”s apology for socrates>
《苏格拉底自辩篇》
