Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume 4Grote, George
Philosophy
Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume 4
Grote, George
Philosophy, Ancient; Plato; Socrates, 470 BC-399 BC
Laws about slavery. Slaves to be well fed, and never treated with
cruelty or insolence. The master must not converse with them
_ib._
Circular form for the city--Temples in the centre--No walls round
it 344
Mode of life prescribed to new-married couples They are to take
the best care about good procreation for the city _ib._
Board of superintending matrons 345
Age fixed for marriage. During the first ten years the couple are
under obligation to procreate for the city--Restrictions during
these ten years _ib._
How infants are to be brought up--Nurses--Perpetual regulated
movements useful for toning down violent emotions 346
Choric and orchestic movements, their effect in discharging strong
emotions 347
Training of boys and girls 348
Musical and literary teaching for youth--Poetry, songs, music,
dances, must all be fixed by authority, and never
changed--Mischief done by poets aiming to please 349
Boys and girls to learn letters and the lyre, from ten to thirteen
years of age. Masters will teach the laws and homilies of the
lawgiver, and licensed extracts from the poets 350
The teaching is to be simple, and common to both sexes 351
Rudiments of arithmetic and geometry to be taught 352
Astronomy must be taught, in order that the citizens may not
assert libellous falsehoods respecting the heavenly bodies 354
Hunting--how far permitted or advised 355
Large general sense which Plato gives to the word hunting 356
Number of religious sacrifices to be determined by lawgiver 357
Military muster of the whole citizen population once in each
month--men, women, and children 358
Gymnastic training must have reference to war, not to
athletic prizes 358
Regulation of sexual intercourse. Syssitia or public mess 359
Regulations about landed property--Boundaries--Limited power of
fining by magistrates 360
Regulations about artisans--Distribution of the annual landed
produce 361
Admission of resident Metics--conditions attached 362
Offences and penal judicature--Procedure of the Dikasts
_ib._
Sacrilege, the gravest of all crimes. High Treason 363
Theft punished by _poena dupli_. General exhortation
founded by Plato upon this enactment 364
All unjust men are unjust involuntarily.--No such thing as
voluntary injustice. Injustice depends upon the temper of the
agent--Distinction between damage and injury 365
Damage may be voluntary or involuntary--Injustice is shown often
by conferring corrupt profit upon another--Purpose of punishment,
to heal the distemper of the criminal _ib._
Three distinct causes of misguided proceedings. 1. Painful
stimulus. 2. Pleasurable stimulus. 3. Ignorance 366
The unjust man is under the influence either of the first or
second of these causes, without controul of Reason. If he acts
under controul of Reason, though the Reason be bad, he is not
unjust 367
Reasoning of Plato to save his doctrine--That no man commits
injustice voluntarily _ib._
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