Tuesday classes

Today for Introduction to Philosophy we moved into the Republic and started looking at the implications of Plato's theory of knowledge as it applies to Justice and the State. The quiz question is: do you think some people are better than others? For History of Philosophy I we discussed the Apology, the Oracle, interpretation theory applied to Greek Philosophy including interpretations of the Gospels (briefly). See Hyam Maccoby for an interpretation of Jesus as a revolutionary. I didn't mention this in class but HM also wrote Paul and the Invention of Christianity which also in a way came up. The question was poorly constructed but basically was name something the government does that is against your will. Do you resist - civil disobedience - or cooperate for the best interest of the community?