Definition Of Justice In Plato's Republic
Thrasymachus once said, “It doesn’t pay to be just”. Ever since the ancient Greek times people have been in search for the perfect meaning of justice. Some have come up with a good definition but even then, there still remains a point to argue proving that the definition incorrect. In Plato’s Republic he starts off with book one, a discussion on what justice is through Socrates. Throughout book one, Socrates argues with Cephalus, Polemarcus and Thrasymachus on why their definition of justice is incorrect. Through the arguments he provides examples as to why people might disagree with the definition. Through the conversation Socrates has with the men Plato proves a connection to his book seven the allegory of the cave. The allegory of the cave is based on how people on only so educated on the area around them because that’s what they grew into. While Dr. Tom Brickhouse, provided a lecture on how to understand Plato’s Republic. Even today people still argue on the true meaning of justice but ones understanding of justice can be is only so because you only know what you have seen and heard. In Plato’s Republic book one begins with the battle of what does justice really
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Dr. Brickhouse presented the argument that “ if you know something, it will never look like something else.” In Plato’s first book all the men stated their definition of justice based on the things they have seen and heard before. Relating Plato’s first book with his seventh. In Plato’s seventh book he describes a cave in which prisoners lived their whole life. The only thing the prisoners are aware of is a fire behind the cave that provides shadows as things move around it. When one of the prisoners gets loose he’s amazed about all the things that live outside the cave that he returns to inform the others but they do not believe him nor have interest to go
Dr. Brickhouse presented the argument that “ if you know something, it will never look like something else.” In Plato’s first book all the men stated their definition of justice based on the things they have seen and heard before. Relating Plato’s first book with his seventh. In Plato’s seventh book he describes a cave in which prisoners lived their whole life. The only thing the prisoners are aware of is a fire behind the cave that provides shadows as things move around it. When one of the prisoners gets loose he’s amazed about all the things that live outside the cave that he returns to inform the others but they do not believe him nor have interest to go