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Posted by recchikhan on March 08, 19100 at 08:49:20:
In Reply to: Socrates on wealth posted by Chad Trainer on December 14, 1999 at 10:02:44:
: In the Apology (30B), Socrates claims that wealth does not bring goodness but goodness brings wealth. How did he figure? Also, if goodness brings wealth, why was Socrates poverty striken?
*** It seems to me if you look at the philosopher(king/ind'l) in the Republic and specificly the "allegory of the cave" it is clear that "wealth" is that feeling of self-knowing that the few are able to achieve. In the "allegory", what people desire and identify are merely 'shadows on the wall but they are what we(people) identify as reality (wealth, power, advancement, a home, food--all things which we desire and seek). On the other hand, that which we SHOULD seek is the light of the world outside the cave (enlightenment, self-knowledge, that which is right). This to Plato is true reality (if only we could see it) and hence real wealth comes from goodness.
What do you think???
--rec
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