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Question And Answer Socratic Method
1,346 words- BOOK I: WHAT ARE THE CURRENT VIEWS ON JUSTICE? - This introductory book raises the fundamental issue of the entire work: What is justice? Four views of justice are examined: 1. justice is speaking the truth and paying one's debts; 2. justice is helping one's friends and harming one's enemies; 3. justice is to the advantage of the stronger; and 4. injustice is more profitable than justice. - SPEAKING THE TRUTH AND PAYING ONE'S DEBTS (327 a- 331 d) - Many Athenians are celebrating the introducti...
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Unjust Man Young Men
1,322 words... w on justice. But first Thrasymachus wants to be paid for his information. The young men, not wanting to be denied a good fight, agree to put up the money. Like Polemarchus before him, Thrasymachus thinks that the notion of justice can be summed up in a few words. He says "the just is nothing else but the advantage of the stronger. " As is the philosopher's fashion, Socrates inquires into the meaning of Thrasymachus' definition. Thus begins a lively discussion, again exemplifying the Socrati...
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Definition Of Justice Socrates Claims
1,930 wordsMost normal individuals in the modern world would assume that all books written, not published, by man are based on either a portion of the authors imagination, an event (biased or non-biased) in either history or during the life of the author, a straight-out autobiography, or a generalized biography of another person they once knew. However, this philosophical novel fits none of the descriptions above. The book is actually an in-depth recording of a philosophy contest between Plato's teacher So...
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Plato Republic Political Power
1,166 words... ng to Cephalus does not generate sufficient understanding of justice. As Cephalus departs from the argumentative scene and hands over the argument to Polemarchus whose view is that justice is to render to each his due. Polemarchus claims that justice consists of benefitting ones friends and harming ones enemies. Polemarchus narrows his distinction to friends and enemies. If justice depends on whether one is a friend or an enemy than it is uncertain how that distinction will be made. The judg...
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Unjust Man Socrates States
760 wordsThrasymachus states that 'justice is simply the interest of the stronger' (338 c). In order to support this notion, he states that people who are in power in government make laws, and since these people design these laws, they will serve the interests of themselves. The laws will then be the justice of the subjects, and since the ruling class could be restated as the stronger class, then justice could be stated as being in the interests of the stronger class. He goes on further to say that the u...
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Roman Catholic Church Plato Republic
1,628 wordsPre-Political Condition Recent challenges to the modern secular state make us to review the statements made by its theoretical founders like Hobbes. The present political condition was based not on the need of salvation or desire to realize political natures, but on their fear of death and desire for self-preservation. Hobbes argues that the desire for security is the most rational need of our nature. The human condition based on the need satisfaction is in harmony with human nature. This condit...
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Advantage Of The Stronger Line Of Logic Justice
1,163 wordsPlato's profound early writing on politics, ethics and education discussed in the Republic are the foundations of todays governments, nations and discourses. At least that is what I am told. Plato's ideology and reasoning are not always the most believable and desirable, it makes me wonder which part of todays government practices must give due to the Republic (to be discovered in Gov 101). While it is easy to be disgusted with Plato's idealism and philosophy, which seems to deter any type of an...
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Definition Of Justice Human Beings
1,383 wordsIn my opinion, Socrates? analysis of the human natural is very true as it ultimately brings us his definition of Justice. I agree with his theory of the human natural but not his social-political theory. But In order to understand Plato? s theory of human natural and his social-political theory. However, we must examine each one of them closely. Plato believed that no one is self? sufficient enough to live individually. Human beings are not created equally; some of us are born wiser then the res...
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Men And Women Make Laws
353 wordsThrasymachus definition of justice is nothing other than the advantage of the stronger (338 c). By this he means that people in ruling positions will make laws to their own advantage. Thrasymachus explains how rulers are surely stronger and make laws to fit their own interests. Then he states that because of this justice is, the advantage of the established rule (338 e). Socrates then speaks of rulers of crafts such as a ships captain or a doctor who provide rules to benefit their subjects rathe...
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Socrates And Thrasymachus Discussion
397 wordsIn Book I of The Republic, the argument of what is just and what is unjust is presented. Two distinctive men carry on this debate, Socrates and Thrasymachus, both having different methods for this philosophical discussion. This discussion starts when Simonides gives his definition of justice, it is just to give to each what is owed to him (331 e). From this statement, Socrates begins to delve into the minds of the men around him and have them add what they believe Simonides meant, and how they f...
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Oxford Oxford University Kind Of Life
2,628 wordsIn his works, Plato writes about truth, justice, and reality in full detail. His ideas are greatly deep and persuasively argued. It is from him that all western philosophy is a footnote. He describes his view in a series of numerous dialogues. For my report, I have chosen four of his works to study, which I think were his most important. The Republic is a dialogue composed of 10 books. The theme in its entirety is justice. The characters of the dialogue are Socrates, who is the narrator; Glaucon...
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Definition Of Justice Good Life
1,008 wordsRalph Waldo Emerson once wrote One man s justice is another s injustice. This statement quite adequately describes the relation between definitions of justice presented by Polemarchus and Thrasymachus in Book I of the Republic. Polemarchus initially asserts that justice is to give to each what is owed (Republic 331 d), a definition he picked up from Simonides. Then, through the unrelenting questioning of Socrates, Polemarchus definition evolves into doing good to friends and harm to enemies (Rep...
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Justice Was A Compromise Justice In Plato Knife
596 wordsJustice in Plato vs. Justice in Aristotle Usually when you hear that someone is a teacher you tend to believe that the ideas of his or her pupils would be somewhat similar to those in his or her teachings. Often enough the student decides to take what he or she learns from his teacher and expands or even opposes his teachers ideas. Aristotle was a student of the often imitated, never paralleled, philosopher, Plato. Although under the tutelage of Plato for over nineteen years and teaching at the ...
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Definition Of Justice Arguments
1,953 wordsMost normal individuals in the modern world would assume that all books written, not published, by man are based on either a portion of the author? s imagination, an event (biased or non-biased) in either history or during the life of the author, a straight-out autobiography, or a generalized biography of another person they once knew. However, this philosophical novel fits none of the descriptions above. The book is actually an in-depth recording of a philosophy contest between Plato? s teacher...
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