By the end of Book I of the Republic, Thrasymachus has been pretty much silenced. ... Plato will answer this question by showing (or claiming to show) that justice is not arbitrary and conventional; that it is not something external to nature and based upon force and constraint. Instead, Plato will show (or claim to) that justice is actually the right condition of the human soul or psyche and that it is something demanded by the very nature of human beings. ... Plato, however, does not move directly into offering this theory of the nature of the soul. ... Although this question is very importa...

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He creates a blueprint for a utopian society, in his book The Republic, out of his disdain for the tension of political life (Hacker, 24). ... Plato chose to tell the reader of his Republic how men would act and what their attitudes would be in a perfect society (Hacker 81). ... Both Plato and Aristotle agree that justice exists in an objective sense: that is, it dictates a belief that the good life should be provided for all individuals no matter how high or low their social status (Hacker 91). "In democracies, for example, justice is considered to mean equality, in oligarchie...

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Social justice and democracy are two of the most discussed and argued concepts of political science, sociology, and philosophy. ... The concept justice was created by the theories of John Rawls and Amartya Sen. ... There are many theories for social justice and many different view points that are discussed throughout history. Plato believed in Classical Conservation, that justice in our society has a "natural order" of things and in his book, The Republic, he goes into detail about how just like human organs, society has a harmony where all individuals play a key role and perform to ...

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Aristotle (384-322 B.C.E.) was a Greek philosopher and one of Plato's most famous students. During his time at Plato's academy, Plato's thinking and his philosophical approach to politics and the economy heavily influenced Aristotle (Tannenbaum, D., 2012, pg. 33). It was through these teachings that Aristotle not only honed his philosophical skills, but also formed his own opinion on life, justice, politics, and the nature of man. ... In one of his later works, On Duties, Cicero speaks to the purpose of virtue and loyalty needed to run an effective republic. ...

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