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Plato creates a seemingly invincible philosopher in The Republic. ... The discussion on justice in Book I of The Republic is one such example. Socrates successfully refutes each different view of justice presented by Cephalus, Polemarchus, and Thrasymachus. Socrates has not given us a definitive definition of justice, nor has he refuted all views of justice, but as far as we are concerned in Book I, he is able to break down the arguments of his companions.
Cephalus is the first to give his opinion of justice as simply “speaking the truth and giving back what one takes. ... (Republic 331) Socrates argues that to give a borrowed weapon back to a friend that has become insane is not justice but injustice. Cephalus concedes that his definition of justice is flawed and leaves.
From Polemarchus we learn that justice is “giving each his due” as he quotes from Simonides.
Approximate Word count = 716
Approximate Pages = 2.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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