/lit/ - Literature

Would this ugly fuck make for a good university philosopher if he lived today?

Nothing! I know nothing!

Wisdom is bullshit. Ignorance is bliss.

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It's not acceptable for anyone to consider themselves intelligent.

Hi /lit/, I have a question about Book I of The Republic:

1. Good men don't chase money or honor
2. Money and honor cannot induce a good man to rule
3. Therefore, if one is to rule, one must be compelled by something else
4. The compulsion is the penalty of being ruled by an inferior power

If this is so, why then should good men escape office (as Socrates says), rather than seek it? Is it that seeking office is considered morally wrong? Isn't the one who seeks to rule also seeking his own advantage by escaping this penalty? I apologize if this is a basic question: I'm new to this way of thinking.