Bachelors Paradise
... you see ought to be put to death, the man whom I have a mind to kill is as good as dead; and if I am disposed to break his head or tear his garment, he will have his head broken or his garment torn in an instant. Such is my great power in this city. And if you do not believe me, and I show you the dagger, you would probably reply: Socrates, in that sort of way any one may have great power-he may burn any house which he pleases, and the docks and triremes of the Athenians, and all their other vessels, whether public or private-but can you believe that this mere doing as you think best is great power?” So power is based on t he actions of the man. If a good man uses power in in-just ways than that man is evil. There are some important themes in this overall text that support the them of justice and the good life like….Power- On one hand Socrates says that people who govern other people enact actions that they do not believe in to benefit the state for which they are in charge. But on the same token Socrates also says that people who a re always satisfying there own desires don’t have real power. Because its not really power its just satisfying a brief appetite. To have a good life one must be in control of both your body and soul. Also the aspects of Virtue play a large role in the text. In this light, virtue is be seen as a composition of crucial topics: power, justice, temperance—all of which are associated with the good. Because in some essence virtue is the purest form of good, or of living the good life. This is a result of having the proper skills and teaching. Now moving on to some quotations from t he book that will help in explaining the argument. “It is worse to suffer than to do wrong” Callicles's is hesistant about this issue, but Socrates insists that there is a greater shame involved with committing, as opposed to being the victim of, a wrongful act. This shame itself results from the higher degree of evil involved with inflicting, rather than suffering, wrong. In terms of justice and in justice, one who does wrong is worse off than one who is having wrong done to him. Basically right and wrong and the pursuit of this good life that is full of purpose carries with it a wide range of ideas. I personally after talking a bout this issue in class am not sure of how I feel about it. Someone made a comment about justice. They used the example of a racer ...