Glaucon

acting justly does so because he wants to, not because he has to, and he knows he will get results from doing justice. Based on this notion, justice is a desired good. If everyone acts justly, then no one has to experience injustice outcomes. As Glaucon tries to defend injustice, Socrates still stands with his original idea that it is better for a man to be just than act unjustly. Although it is argued that, “the life of the unjust man is, after all, far better than that of the just man,” men…

morality of obligation and the morality of happiness. Mattison makes the distinction between the two by using the story of the Ring of Gyges (p.22). Plato’s classic the Republic features a conversation between the characters of Socrates and Glaucon. Glaucon supports his claim that being morally good is not what everyone achieves to be by illustrating the shepard in the Ring of Gyges story. In the story a shepard finds a ring that gives him the ability to become invisible. With the power of…

living the life of an average citizen, the ruler must control the things that make that city thrive (while living in a cave). “You mean we are to treat them unjustly, making them live a worse life when they could live a better life?” (519d). This is Glaucon saying that its unjust to make the philosophers descend just for the city’s selfish needs. Essentially, philosophers returning to the cave/ruling results in them choosing an option that is not best for themselves but rather for the city…

Glaucon uses Ring of Gyges as an example to demonstrate that when people can get away from the consequences of being unjust, they will probably choose to become unjust for receiving benefits while having a good reputation of being justice (Plato, Republic book 2, p53). Both Socrates and Glaucon agrees that justice is something “good”, which is good in itself, or it can bring good as a consequence or both. But what if justice itself is not good and will not bring anything good alone with them?…

philosophical inquiries, most remarkably about the idea of reality. He tells the 'Moral story of the Cave' as a discussion between his guide, Socrates, who motivated a considerable lot of Plato's philosophical hypotheses, and one of Socrates' understudies, Glaucon. One of Socrates' (and Plato's) boss thoughts was that of structures, which clarifies that the world is comprised of impressions of more impeccable and perfect structures. The…

The strict laws imposed on the citizens smother the people of Thebes, yet Antigone is the only one who stands up for her beliefs. In “Allegory of the Cave”, Glaucon is pressured by Socrates to conform to his strict ideas of what government should and should not be. The people in positions of power, in this case Creon and Socrates, use the others’ ignorance against them to force their ideas of law. The two types…

The allegory of the sun is an important metaphor in the Republic of Plato because it helps the reader comprehend how philosophers understand the Form of the Good, which therefore allows for an understanding of justice. Plato uses the metaphor of the sun to compare the role of the philosophers with a concrete image. By comparing the philosopher king to the sun he is demonstrating how much power and knowledge the philosophers obtain through their intense and lengthy education. The sun is the…

Although Socrates’ proposal of a reformed education system is met with approval by Glaucon and Adeimantus as being capable of producing good guardians, it should have been dismissed in favor of a more radical and effective style—known as the Socratic method—due to its ability to inspire inquiry and handle counter-arguments. In their discussion of the city in speech, Glaucon, Socrates, and Adeimantus conclude that an exclusive class of warriors, known as guardians, are needed to protect the…

Glaucon and Adeimantus were not convinced with Socrates explanation and they outlined three classes of what good could possible be. First class, a good that everyone wants for their own benefits. Second class, some things people value for their own sake and for their both knowledge and healthy living. And third class, good that everyone benefit from like, medical treatment, physical training, and wages for work. Then, Glaucon ask which category justice belong from…

Jerzy Twarowski: Rhetorical analysis; Plato’s Allegory Of The Cave Plato’s allegory of the cave is an attempt to depict the idea that position of the man in the universe that he exists in is fatal. In a dialog Socrates is trying to convince Glaucon to his point of view of the physical and mythical world. Generally speaking the thought is that all we see, the world we exist in is just an illusion, just a shade of what is really true and our mission is to find this truth . Plato believed that to…