{Classes and Societies [continued]}[19th October 1988]

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A useful starting-point* is to chart the correspondences of the three parts in differenent contexts:

Soul	Ethical ‘lives’	End	Society		Virtue
Reason	Philosopher	Wisdom	Statesmen		Wisdom
Will (‘Spirit’)	Man of Action	Practical Distinction	Executive Force		Courage
Appetite	Votary of  Enjoyment	Gratification of Appetite	Population (providers)		Temperance

It will be seen at once that the Virtues are inconsistent, in that Wisdom is the expected result of being a philosopher; Courage is a necessary concomitant for the man of action; and temperance [sic] 

is a necessity in order not to be a votary of enjoyment. The Virtues are those required of each class within the harmonious state: not by any means those which come naturally to them. It may also seem partial or unfair to categorise only one class as desiring gratification of appetite, when experience suggests that philosophers and men of action desire wisdom and action, respectively.

*[See last previous entry]

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