September 3, 2024

·      What question about the reading for today did I prepare before class?

o   What is Plato’s utopia and why is it important to him?

·      What key ideas did I hear in the seminar today?

o   Would today's politicians still be in that role if we treated them like the guardians of Plato’s utopia

o   True freedom means doing the right thing

o   If the mind were a singular thing, we would not have contradictions

§  The poison example…if you were so thirsty and someone offered a drink of water that you know was poisoned you would not drink it no matter how thirsty you were because you know it is poisoned. If the mind was singular, you would drink it knowing it was poisoned.

o   The three parts of the mind are

§  Rational

§  Appetite

§  Courage

§  All three of these parts are natural according to Plato

o   Freud says that we learn these things

o   It is natural for people to do good and be good if we are properly trained

o   Three classes of people

§  Merchants

§  Workers

§  Guardians

o   The four Cardinal virtues

·      What substantive ideas or comments did I contribute in the seminar today?

o   When talking about censoring the people I stated that you will never be able to censor everybody because there are always people who will remember and pass down the information to the younger people.

·      What did I learn today that contributed to my understanding of psychology?

o   When we were talking about the three parts of the mind, we were able to connect them to Freud’s ego, id, and superego. This helped me understand both Plato’s and Freud’s perspectives better