Single Idea 351

[catalogued under 23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / c. Wealth]

Full Idea

All wars are undertaken for the acquisition of wealth, and we want this because of the body, to which we are slave.

Gist of Idea

War aims at the acquisition of wealth, because we are enslaved to the body

Source

Plato (Phaedo [c.374 BCE], 066c)

Book Reference

Plato: 'The Last Days of Socrates', ed/tr. Tredennick,Hugh [Penguin 1969], p.111