In response to the soldier question, Jiang says that under Plato, bodily work and battle do not approach the good because the material world is not real; only the soul or mind can return to the Form of the Good through philosophy and mathematics.
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In response to the soldier question, Jiang says that under Plato, bodily work and battle do not approach the good because the material world is not real; only the soul or mind can return to the Form of...
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"...Okay. All right. So the question then is, if I'm a soldier and I'm, you know, working hard and winning battles, am I not..."
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Aristotle is not treated here as the solitary genius behind Western reason.
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