Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times
Apr 14, 2016周日我们将讨论古代智慧——即希腊人的智慧——是否可以应用于现代问题。大多数希腊人认为地球是平的,奴隶制度是可以接受的,女人是二等公民。柏拉图认为民主很糟糕,诗歌和戏剧都是不好的东西,言论自由是一种笑话。他甚至认为哲学家应该是国王。所以,有人可能会问,这其中的智慧在哪里?
But there’s also a lot the Greeks got right. We moderns would do well to appreciate and adopt some of their wisdom -- especially their profound understanding of the nature of human virtue and human vice.
Modern philosophy sort of lost track of that understanding somewhere along the way, under the influence of Kant, Bentham, and Mill. They were more focused on the right than the good.