Justice is Blind

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This paper discusses Plato's works 'The Republic', a discussion before three very famous thinkers. It carefully analyzes how the apparent weaknesses of each presented theory concerning Justice are exploited. It details the views of these philosophers Thrasymachus, Socrates, Plato and Polemarchus and compares and contrasts between them.

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"Perhaps one of Plato's most influential political works, The Republic, opens on a series of dialogues between Socrates and three of his more outspoken companions. These three interlocutors present very different opinions of the definition and value of justice, and each makes valid points. Socrates, in return, questions every presupposition, twisting analogies and definitions until his opponents end up disagreeing with their own theories. In most cases, a careful analysis can show how the apparent weaknesses of each presented theory are exploited, and how they could be shored up against the prodding of Socrates and made stronger."

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