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Analysis Of Plato 's Republic And The Letter Of The City Essay

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Within Plato’s Republic, are various theories and ideas about justice and if it something that is just in itself. This essay is meant to shine light on three of the key concepts – (1) He has succeeded in Thrasymachus’s challenge, (2) being just provides more happiness than being unjust, and (3) the letter of the city is irrelevant and does not help his case.
Thrasymachus’s theory is that there is no benefit to being just and that benefit would only com to the powerful. However, Socrates puts down this theory by proving that it is in every human’s interest to be just and that this is done in order to maintain a balanced soul and ultimate happiness. Also, he extends his theory and connects the two by showing that the only way to reach balance within oneself is through actions and desires that are impossible to be unjust
After disproving Thrasymachus, Socrates goes on and also states that being just does bring more happiness. His proof is of this is help within his analysis of pleasure, and the soul, along with the portal if the tyrant and that justice itself is a virtue. However, his discussion of the city and letters of the city is deemed irrelevant since it is based on the ‘ideal’ state and the ‘ideal’ city, which is not the care in reality and it does not matter what would happen in the ideal state since it cannot happen in reality.

As indicated above, Socrates very much disproves Thrasymachus’s theory by showing it is in everyone’s interest to be

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