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    is the embracing and ordering virtue that steadies the struggling tripartite. “One who is just does not allow any part of himself to do the work of another part. … He binds together those parts and any others there may be in between, and from having been many things he becomes entirely one, moderate and harmonious”. II. Plausibility and Critical Evaluation In my point of view, Plato’s theory of individual justice is a consistent way to explain what both the virtue of justice is and what its functions

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    The position Thrasymachus takes on the definition of justice, as well as its importance in society, is one far differing from the opinions of the other interlocutors in the first book of Plato’s Republic. Embracing his role as a Sophist in Athenian society, Thrasymachus sets out to aggressively dispute Socrates’ opinion that justice is a beneficial and valuable aspect of life and the ideal society. Throughout the course of the dialogue, Thrasymachus formulates three major assertions regarding justice

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