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2016-07-29 BBC:古代圣贤:苏格拉底 Socrates-11
The destiny of all Greeks was in hands of the gods’. There were v________ even though their personal lives were pretty short on moral guidance. C_________ and vengeful, they fought with each other. They slept with one another’s wives. They abducted mortals. And a____________, the gods didn’t see they’re interested in human reality either. “Living a good life didn’t guarantee favor with the gods. Respecting their power and offering the most expensive and bloodiest s________ was a much safer bet.” Greeks did however believe there were five virtues,justice, temperance, courage, piety and wisdom. But in practice, these virtues were slippery shifting ideals. What was considered just or pious for an a___________ man was unnecessarily the same for a slave woman. “In Socrates’ experience, traditional moral thinking, kinds taught by elders, and priests and epic poets just didn’t stand up to s_______. His philosophy became a search for more robust universal d__________.” Socrates thought that all the virtues were i__________. They couldn’t be separated. He thought them as one thing, something he called knowledge of the human good. |