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Continuing on the dialogue, where Socrates argues that Protagoras doesn't actually know what virtue is, because he thinks that the various virtues (especially courage) are distinct, a claim that Socrates refutes in several (logically suspect) ways. Is virtue actually knowledge? Also, should we use literary analysis to discuss philosophical points? (Socrates thinks not.)
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End song: "Make It Clear" by Feelies; hear Glenn Mercer on Nakedly Examined Music #41.
According to Aristotle all virtues of whatever is done in moderation. The elusive happy medium.
Can you help me? I don’t understand how providing a story of a myth is able to count as an argument? Does Protagoras just do this to make it more entertaining, or is his main argument about the punishment in society and the analogy flute player city?
I listened to both your podcast on it and it helped so much!
It’s already a few months too many from this episode for me to remember the specifics well enough to answer your question, but I’ll point you to our conversation about the Phaedrus for I think more talk of why Plato includes myths in his dialogues. https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2016/06/27/ep142-1-plato-phaedrus/