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Single Idea 189
[filed under theme 23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / d. Teaching virtue
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Full Idea
Athenians inflict punishment on wrong-doers, which shows that they too think it possible to impart and teach goodness.
Gist of Idea
If we punish wrong-doers, it shows that we believe virtue can be taught
Source
Plato (Protagoras [c.380 BCE], 324c)
Book Ref
Plato: 'Protagoras and Meno', ed/tr. Guthrie,W K C [Penguin 1956], p.56
The
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from 'Protagoras'
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188
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Socrates did not believe that virtue could be taught
[Plato]
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189
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If we punish wrong-doers, it shows that we believe virtue can be taught
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190
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If asked whether justice itself is just or unjust, you would have to say that it is just
[Plato]
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191
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Everything resembles everything else up to a point
[Plato]
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192
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Only one thing can be contrary to something
[Plato]
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193
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Some things are good even though they are not beneficial to men
[Plato]
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20184
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The only real evil is loss of knowledge
[Plato]
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197
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Some pleasures are not good, and some pains are not evil
[Plato]
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20185
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The most important things in life are wisdom and knowledge
[Plato]
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200
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People tend only to disapprove of pleasure if it leads to pain, or prevents future pleasure
[Plato]
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202
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No one willingly and knowingly embraces evil
[Plato]
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203
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Courage is knowing what should or shouldn't be feared
[Plato]
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204
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Socrates is contradicting himself in claiming virtue can't be taught, but that it is knowledge
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