Glaucon

Alisha Saxena Philosopher, Plato, in his published work, Allegory of the Cave, describes a dialogue with Glaucon about the importance of truth and human nature. This in depth discussion about reality is expanded on throughout Plato’s book, The Republic. Plato uses The Republic in order to convey how morality and virtue is of utmost importance. Plato’s purpose of Allegory of the Cave is to communicate that our perceptions of the truth are limited, and how the truth might not always be what is…

injustice as exemplified in Plato’s description of the fall of the state and the individual. The conversation begins with Glaucon and Adeimantus reopening the belief that justice has its valid meaning and “demand a proof that justice is not merely useful as bringing external rewards, but intrinsically good as an inward state of the soul” (Pg 41). The points risen by both Glaucon and Adeimantus…

pleasure..drives one no less mad than pain does” (402e). Yet, over the course of the conversation, we see Glaucon becoming absolutely enthralled by “the good” through Socrates’ enticing description of it. Glaucon equates “the good” and the process of obtaining it to pleasure, which is something Socrates previously urged people to enjoy in moderation. As Socrates begins to end his analogy, Glaucon urges him “[not to stop]...and not to omit even the smallest detail” (509c). Although it is clear…

BOOK V, SECTION 14 Socrates has shown us what is justice, both in the state and the individual. But to give real answer to the questions and problems raised him Trasícamo, Glaucon and Adeimantus, it must now continue to prove that a man is always better to be right than wrong. To achieve this, Socrates must first give a detailed description of injustice, then to contrast these two contrary qualities. Well, if justice is a kind of internal harmony in the state or in the mind, injustice must…

assessed by others or by God, there is more of an incentive to make “just” or “good” choices. How does one live life when nobody is watching, though? According to Glaucon in Plato’s Republic, one acts justly solely based on their care for reputation and future repercussions, not due to a genuine desire to do what is good and reflects justice. Glaucon expresses that without the worry of unfavorable consequences and opinions of society it is likely that the righteous and ethical man would abandon…

In the selection The Republic, the nature of justice is being discussed. Glaucon is the speaker, which is a student of Socrates. Socrates is a classical Greek philosopher, credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy. Glaucon is presenting a commonly held view of justice to Socrates. He argues that “all who practice it (justice) do so unwillingly, as something necessary, not as something good.” In this world, many people look out for just themselves. Justice can be considered as an…

Glaucon in his speech articulates his argument by telling a narrative about one of his ancestors, Gyges of Lydia. The narrative opens with a fierce storm which triggers a violent earthquake that rips the land into two parts forming a chasm. This massive chasm was formed right where Gyges was tending to his sheep. Moved with astonishment, he ventured down into the chasm. There, there were all types of magical things, but one unique object in particular caught the attention of Gyges. There was a…

is good for the stronger and that the unjust man lives a more profitable life than the just man does. Socrates, Plato’s teacher, play the role in defending justice in all these arguments. He praises justices for itself and its consequences. Next, Glaucon and Adeimantus, sons of Ariston, restore Thrasymachus’s argument in a different prospect of perfectly unjust life is better than a perfectly just life. Once again, Socrates defenses justice with the aid of a hypothetical city and corresponds…

In Plato’s The Republic Justice is a prominent and reoccurring theme. There were many questions asked about Justice, its definition, what it consisted of and whether it was a worthwhile investment to be a just person or an unjust person. Plato and his interlocutor’s breakdown and attempt to define justice in the setting of a polis created in thought. The main premise behind this was to observe justice at work so that it could be properly defined. There were two cities that were proposed and…

In the book Plato Republic Glaucon presents the threefold taxonomy of the value of justice. This taxonomy is that justice is good for its consequences, good for its own sake, or both. The idea that justice is good for its consequences is pretty self-explanatory. An example comes when someone thinks about exercise or physical training; if that person exercised regularly, but never saw any results then it would be pointless to keep exercising. Some other examples of this our medicine, jobs,…