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Why, according to Socrates, is justice not to harm someone?
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Men become worse in human virtue when they are harmed and justice is human virtue, so when men are harmed they become more unjust.
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How does Thraymachus define justice in Book 1?
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Justice is the advantage of the stronger
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How does Socrates define justice in Book 1?
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justice is a virtue of the soul
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Why, according to Socrates, is justice not the advantage of the stronger?
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Promoting justice as the advantage of the stronger also promotes it as the disadvantage of the weaker, and justice is not a disadvantage to anyone
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Why does Socrates discuss the ideal city?
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Just as it is easier to read small letters from up close rather than from far way, it is easier to see justice up close in a city of speech, rather than in a real city
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What are the four virtues of the ideal city? How is each described? How does each relate to the classes and the parts of the soul?
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a. Wisdom = good judgment, knowledge – found in the rulers and the rational part of the soul
b. Courage = Preserving the belief of what should be feared – found in the auxiliaries and the soldiers c. Moderation= mastery of pleasures and desires – found in the whole city and the appetitive part d. Justice= having and doing one’s own work, spread throughout the city and found in appetitive part of soul |
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Can the ideal city of Socrates exist in reality? If so, how can in come into being?
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The city could come into being if there were philosopher kings
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How do knowledge and opinion differ?
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Opinion deal with that which is but could also not be. Knowledge deals that which is and is unchanging.
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