http://clipmarks.com/clipper/akarra/date/2008/5/6/http://rss.clipmarks.com/clipper/akarra/date/2008/5/6/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/0E2A45BE-A95A-46D7-A768-E32C09FC1D45/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/akarra/">akarra</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> ...contrasted with the motives of men generally; the clip is from a commentary on Plato's Crito. <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://inrethinking.blogspot.com/2008/01/introduction-to-politics-of-philosophy.html" title="http://inrethinking.blogspot.com/2008/01/introduction-to-politics-of-philosophy.html">inrethinking.blogspot.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV>Some men are motivated by beauty, others by justice, still others by the truth. But what if someone just wants to get by and not be miserable? What if someone wants the security afforded by the modern state only - an avoidance of pain more than anything else, the feeling that one is doing one's best within limits? In striving for beauty, or justice, or the Good one typically ends up challenging any number of norms. The teaching Socrates ultimately pushes on Crito, however, is "Obey the law no matter what."</DIV></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/plato/" rel="tag">plato</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/crito/" rel="tag">crito</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/philosophy/" rel="tag">philosophy</a></div>http://inrethinking.blogspot.com/2008/01/introduction-to-politics-of-philosophy.htmlTue, 06 May 2008 13:47:48 GMT