Confucius was more based and had better economy of words than Plato hth
| Jared Baumeister | 07/17/26 | | ( Y ) | 07/18/26 | | dj clue | 07/18/26 | | CapTTTainFalcon | 07/17/26 | | Bellevue therapy dog tp (retired on 11/11/26) | 07/18/26 | | computer online | 07/18/26 | | Metaphysics is gay | 07/17/26 | | Bellevue therapy dog tp (retired on 11/11/26) | 07/18/26 | | The Penis | 07/17/26 | | Jared Baumeister | 07/17/26 | | The Penis | 07/17/26 | | Jared Baumeister | 07/17/26 | | computer online | 07/18/26 | | Jared Baumeister | 07/18/26 | | The Penis | 07/18/26 | | Jared Baumeister | 07/19/26 | | FizzKidd | 07/18/26 | | Jared Baumeister | 07/18/26 | | Basque man, US citizen | 07/18/26 | | Jared Baumeister | 07/18/26 | | samoth | 07/18/26 | | Jared Baumeister | 07/18/26 | | ( Y ) | 07/19/26 | | Jared Baumeister | 07/19/26 |
Poast new message in this thread
Date: July 18th, 2026 9:57 PM Author: Jared Baumeister
Go to askphilosophy
r/askphilosophy
2y ago
GigaChan450
Why is Plato so Confucian
I am a beginner who got started with Plato, among others. (Plato's a good place to start, hehe) I'm halfway thru Republic.
My cursory thoughts are - given that he's the pioneer of Western philosophy, why is he so Confucian and authoritarian and Asian?
Some key ideas of his:
Everyone shld specialise, do what they're good at, not what they want to
Guardians shld never know their children, have families or wealth
He LOVES to put people into boxes
Perfect state is ruled by philosophers
This is because, we are not islands, we live in an inter-connected society. Our actions have consequences on others. This, altho our individual happiness is important, group happiness is very important too, and arguably more important, that's why all our actions shld consider the group, we cant just do whatever we want
This is essentially Confucianism. The family and the state is more important than the self
I expected Western philosophers to value the self more, broadly speaking
(Finally, can someone tell me if justice is better than injustice, for its own sake?)
https://www.reddit.com/r/askphilosophy/comments/1awbqkp/why_is_plato_so_confucian/
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5883660&forum_id=2Firm#50009135) |
|
|