tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post4795761286765389070..comments2024-03-23T04:01:39.348-04:00Comments on Understanding Society: A Socratic morality of war?Dan Littlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15953897221283103880noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-4537109421049918762021-09-20T20:12:53.955-04:002021-09-20T20:12:53.955-04:00The curtailed treatment Plato gave to a philosophy...The curtailed treatment Plato gave to a philosophy of war suggests it is less important than justice or knowledge and so forth and less important than to someone like Hobbes.<br />I'm curious: is this emphasis due to war's ubiquity and acceptance in the Greek world?<br />Or is it because some proper treatment by Plato is not extant?<br />I also wonder how he compares to Aristotle or the Bible, in particular the prophets and though I'm Jewish, Jesus?Howiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12474061778220524205noreply@blogger.com