Comparing Justice In Sophocles Antigone And Plato's Republic
In conclusion the justice is a definitive word, which seems to humans as a simple meaning. In Antigone by Sophocles, Antigone believed justice was the interest of her family, which made her moral in the eyes of the readers. On the other hand Creon’s believed his justice was for the interest of the state, which he later unfolds that justice is the interest of himself, hence he is the king. So therefore we understand Creon’s idea on justice through Thrasymachus explanation of how it benefits the stronger in Republic by Plato. Also including that Glaucon, studies Thrasymachus way of thinking, to further conclude that no human wants to be just. However, through Plato’s concept of justice , one can say that