1. The Republic of Plato
... and appetite. They will feel eudaimonia if spirit and appetite are the main activities in each other psyche. Socrates is strong about not allowing those who are guardians maintain private property. He says, "Moreover, it is just to say here too, as I said there, that if the guardian attempts to become happy in such a way that he is no longer a guardian ... Hesiod was really wise when he said that somehow "the half is more than the whole""( Plato, 145-46). Socrates wants to deny any guardian the basic right to private property. He believes their happiness should come from the simple act ...
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