…the greatest good of man is daily to converse about virtue…” (Plato, The Apology).
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?SECTION ONE: Analyze each of the following quotes, taking half a page to a page to explain what the quote means and how they fit into the theories of the given author. (40% of your score)
1. “…the greatest good of man is daily to converse about virtue…” (Plato, The Apology).
2. “It is therefore necessary for a prince to know well how to use both the beast and the man” (Machiavelli, The Prince, in Ebenstein, 155).
3. “These numerous and important evils he does not consider sins; for the wise judge does these things, not with the intention of doing harm, but because his ignorance compels him, and because human society claims him as a judge” (Augustine, City of God, in Ebenstein, 109).
4. “Now, every natural governance in governance by one” (Aquinas, On Kingship in Ebenstein, 130).