Greek philosophy
5) Plato's "Chamides" question
""Work is no disgrace' (Hesiod). According to all particiopants of the dialogue, what did Hesiod mean here by the "work" ( any work or only that one which "is never any sort of disgrace')?
""Work is no disgrace' (Hesiod). According to all particiopants of the dialogue, what did Hesiod mean here by the "work" ( any work or only that one which "is never any sort of disgrace')?
From the text:
" Now do you imagine that if he had meant by working and doing such things as you were describing, he would have said that there was no disgrace in them-for example, in the manufacture of shoes, or in selling pickles, or sitting for hire in a house of ill-fame?
Plato's Chamides