Course Summary
Join Dr Douglas Adeney to consider some key ideas in Plato’s Republic – including his argument that the state should be ruled by philosophers, some of whom may be women – and Aristotle’s Politics, in which he appeals to ’nature’ to justify slavery and patriarchy. Excerpts and notes will be provided.
Doug lectured in philosophy for many years at Melbourne State College and the University of Melbourne. Since 2011 he has greatly enjoyed teaching numerous CAE philosophy courses. A non-academic friend of his was once asked by his wife what Doug did for a living. On hearing that he was a philosopher, she said ‘Oooh, he must be very intelligent… Or is he just weird?’ Come and decide for yourself.