My philosophy teacher is VERY critical.
We had to do a writing assisnment and this was the question:
At the beginning of Book II of the Republic, the group agrees that it will be difficult discovering the nature of justice in the soul of an individual, for the soul (psyche) is a dark and obscure place.
Briefly explain Socrates' strategy to overcome this difficulty. That is, how, in broad outline, do the group hope to discover the true nature of justice as it exists in the soul of a man?
And this was my answer:
In order to understand how justice works in the soul, one must understand justice. Socrates develops an understanding of justice by giving an example of a just state (nation) that portrays an ideal and perfect state with virtues such as justice. Once Socrates outlined justice for the state, he came to a normative that will help determine justice in the soul of a person. Because of the tension present in the soul, Socrates came to the conclusion of the soul having three parts: reason, emotion, and desire. He included that each part of the soul has its own obligations where all focus is persistently working toward. With his discoveries of the matter, Socrates eventually came to the verdict of the just soul being healthy and the unjust soul diseased.
Ok so did i go off topic at all? Do I seem like I answered the question the right way?
He also wants the paragraph to be understood by people without knowlege of the subject, so did you understand it??
We had to do a writing assisnment and this was the question:
At the beginning of Book II of the Republic, the group agrees that it will be difficult discovering the nature of justice in the soul of an individual, for the soul (psyche) is a dark and obscure place.
Briefly explain Socrates' strategy to overcome this difficulty. That is, how, in broad outline, do the group hope to discover the true nature of justice as it exists in the soul of a man?
And this was my answer:
In order to understand how justice works in the soul, one must understand justice. Socrates develops an understanding of justice by giving an example of a just state (nation) that portrays an ideal and perfect state with virtues such as justice. Once Socrates outlined justice for the state, he came to a normative that will help determine justice in the soul of a person. Because of the tension present in the soul, Socrates came to the conclusion of the soul having three parts: reason, emotion, and desire. He included that each part of the soul has its own obligations where all focus is persistently working toward. With his discoveries of the matter, Socrates eventually came to the verdict of the just soul being healthy and the unjust soul diseased.
Ok so did i go off topic at all? Do I seem like I answered the question the right way?
He also wants the paragraph to be understood by people without knowlege of the subject, so did you understand it??