Thursday, February 23, 2017
Consider the comment by Thrasymachus on 343. In this longer passage, he is attempting to pose a point against Socrates' claim on the just and justice. I wanted dissect this passage a little more. Do you agree with the claim that Thrasymachus makes when he says that the 'just man everywhere has less than the unjust man' (343c)? I know that Socrates disagrees but the question is interesting to focus on. It is almost like saying that the evil profit more than the good - a sort of pessimistic look on the world. Likewise, if there is no such thing as true justice, how can we even know that the unjust profit more than the just? Also do you believe that someone can be 'truly just'? I feel like true justice is like saying that there is a way to be truly perfect. We cannot concretely define justice, so I am not sure how one can be truly just
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ReplyDeleteConsider the comment by Thrasymachus on 343. In this longer passage, he is attempting to pose a point against Socrates' claim on the just and justice. I wanted dissect this passage a little more. Do you agree with the claim that Thrasymachus makes when he says that the 'just man everywhere has less than the unjust man' (343c)? I know that Socrates disagrees but the question is interesting to focus on. It is almost like saying that the evil profit more than the good - a sort of pessimistic look on the world. Likewise, if there is no such thing as true justice, how can we even know that the unjust profit more than the just? Also do you believe that someone can be 'truly just'? I feel like true justice is like saying that there is a way to be truly perfect. We cannot concretely define justice, so I am not sure how one can be truly just
Surely for an actual person to be wholly just in every respect all the time is unrealistic. It is not unreasonable, however, to use this concept as a limit-point for understanding the difference between justice and injustice...
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