RE: Generally speaking, is philosophy a worthwhile subject of study?
February 23, 2022 at 3:27 am
(This post was last modified: February 23, 2022 at 3:28 am by Belacqua.)
(February 23, 2022 at 2:59 am)vulcanlogician Wrote: Rejection of the general hierarchy is a fact of nature too. Resistance to being ruled is a fact of nature too.
I don't recall if Aristotle addressed the idea of revolt anywhere.
Dante, whose ethics are more Aristotle than Bible, certainly says that active resistance is justified when the not-naturally-best people get into power somehow. Of course he would call talk about God's will rather than nature's, but the idea is the same: good people should be on top and that's proper.
For both of them, naturally low-level people revolting against naturally high-level people would be, simply, against the natural order. Whether the low-level people like it or not. However, if the high-level people truly are high-level, they will rule in such a way that the low-level people will have good lives -- by ancient standards, if not ours.
To be clear: I am reporting their opinions, not offering legal advice.
