Thrasymachus And Socrates Justice Analysis

According to the Oxford Dictionary, justice is being defined as a just behavior or a treatment. In the ancient Greek, justice has been perceived differently. Different philosophers have different arguments towards that topic of “ What is Justice?”. Plato elaborates on this topic in his book Republic to give his opinion about what justice is through different characters such as, Thrasymachus and Socrates. Thrasymachus is a sophist, who challenged the view of justice and moral values and gives a glimpse of the kind of the point of view from someone who lives in the 5th century Athenians. Socrates is Plato’s teacher and he is a philosopher. He stands on the belief that justice should benefit everyone. While Thrasymachus believes justice should benefit to the most powerful individual, Socrates suggests justice should benefit all people equally, despite acknowledging that rules act with self-interest.

Thrasymachus, filed a surprising definition of justice, as it is “the advantage of the stronger”. With the word "stronger" he referred as the one who has the most power. The elements of this kind of sense of justice are, first, that justice is an advantage; second, the advantage belongs to the ruler. …show more content…
Socrates believes that justice is for the sake of common good. First Socrates questioned the meaning of "art" in the expression of the art of shepherding. In the sense of the dictionary, the word "art" refers to the meaning of skill and intelligence. According to Socrates, being a doctor is a form of art too. For example, doctors certainly focused his intention, not for his own sake. The skill of being a doctor is surely meant for the patients; to heal the sick. He believes that once you gain knowledge, you can seek the good in what you teaching. He also believes that ruling is a part of the concern for their own good. Those who know, wants people to do good for them rather than doing well for