Plato: Republic I (Greek Texts)
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Plato: Republic I (Greek Texts)
Book Details
- Author
- Plato
- Publisher
- Bristol Classical Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Category
- Classics
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9781853992544
- ISBN-10
- 1853992542
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ISBN: 1853992542
Author: Plato
Condition: New
What is the true nature of dikaiosyne (justice)? In the dialogue that forms Book I of The Republic Socrates meets the arguments first of Polemarchus, that justice means speaking the truth and paying one's dues in the broadest sense; then of Thrasymachus, that it is nothing more than the power which the strong exercise over the weaker members of society. In reality, Book I concludes, justice, self-control (sophrosyne), and virtue (arete) are 'natural'; the city which displays them is most truly free; the individuals who possess them will achieve their true destiny.
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