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Single Idea 122

[from 'Gorgias' by Plato, in 22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / g. Will to power ]

Full Idea

Callicles: It's the weaklings who constitute the majority of the human race who make the rules.

Gist of Idea

Moral rules are made by the weak members of humanity

Source

Plato (Gorgias [c.387 BCE], 483b)

Book Reference

Plato: 'Gorgias', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [OUP World's Classics 1994], p.65


A Reaction

An aristocrat bemoans democracy. Presumably the qualification for being a 'weakling' is shortage of money. How strong are the scions of the aristocrats?