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Philosophy Thread: Socratic Virtue Theory!
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| RJT |
| quote: | | Knowledge is virtue. |
Taken from the Platonic dialogue Protagerus, upon first interpretation it would seem that one could infer:
- Knowledge is a virtue
- There is only one virtue
- Therefore, knowledge is the only true virtue.
Now, with this in mind, consider the implications.
- Was someone like Hitler simply ignorant, and this ignorance led to his perceived evil?
- Are knowledgeable people always what we would consider virtuous?
- What is knowledge, how do we define it? What about ignorance? - And can we ever have complete knowledge? Can we remove all ignorance?
And more broadly...
- Can we describe all events lacking in virtue as lacking in knowledge?
- Does knowledge always = good?
These may seem like incredibly stupid questions to some of you, but they've been pondered by philosophers for almost 3000 years, and I assure you that this morning I heard some of the most absurd responses you could imagine.
In any event, my interest was piqued this morning and I'd like to hear what some ofyou have to say about it. I don't really expect this thread will go very far as this is c0r, but meh - Perhaps some of your thoughts will entertain me :) |
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| Slylee |
jesus, let me go put on another pot of coffee.
lol :p |
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| philliez |
The "DJ" is gone from your name.
Did you h4xx swamper? |
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| RJT |
| quote: | Originally posted by philliez
The "DJ" is gone from your name.
Did you h4xx swamper? |
What? I don't know what you're talking about... I'm a new guy. |
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| Slylee |
| hey wait a minute...where's the DJ? |
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| RJT |
What the are you all on about?
:conf: :wtf: |
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| RJT |
Yeah... I knew this was a bad idea for a thread in c0r :(
Fail. |
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| Moral Hazard |
| It took no time for this to get off track. Seriously, zero real responses. |
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| RJT |
| quote: | Originally posted by Moral Hazard
It took no time for this to get off track. Seriously, zero real responses. |
I was hoping with your entrance into the thread that might change... =\ |
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| lücid |
| RJT, i love listening to you ramble on about philosophy, but i'm too dumb to match wits in conversation with you... :sadgreen: |
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| Slylee |
| yea sorry, i haven't taken that course in college yet and only know a little from what my dad has discussed with me. actually, no i don't even know a little from that because i usually wasn't listening. |
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