RE: A "meta-argument" against all future arguments for God's existence ?
March 20, 2022 at 8:13 am
(March 20, 2022 at 7:24 am)Jehanne Wrote: Plato, in the Republic, said lying politicians were okay, and that such is necessary.
As I recall he proposes one, and only one, "Noble Lie," at Stephanus 414b-c.
This is basically a founding myth -- sort of like "We all came over on the Mayflower looking for religious freedom" -- that Socrates felt would be useful for the unity of the polis.
If you can find any other instances of Socrates recommending falsehoods I'd be interested to hear. He certainly never said that elites should lie with impunity to enrich themselves and harm others.