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A 5 page research paper that contrasts and compares the attitudes of Plato in his Republic and Thucydides in his history of the Peloponnesian War on the quality of justice, for the individual, as well as the state. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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similar views on the topic of justice, Citing Thucydides, Cornford points out that the same philosophy of imperialism that is so frankly expressed by the Athenian representatives to the Melians
in Thucydides history is also the philosophy of Thrasymachus in the first section of the Republic. It is this philosophy that Plato describes Socrates disputing so eloquently. In
The Republic, Plato was largely concerned with defining and clarifying the nature of justice and how it is realized in human society, for the individual, as well the state.
The following analysis of the positions held by both Thucydides and Plato regarding justice are extremely similar, if not identical. Both men argued that, contrary to the position taken by
Athens during the Peloponnesian War, "might" did not make "right," and that states should be held accountable to a system of morality and ethical behavior, just as individuals are held
accountable by the state. The Republic takes the form of an extended dialogue that is narrated by Socrates. The company that participate in the dialogue are gathered together
at the house of Cephalus. Platos position on justice is voiced by Socrates, while the other men present provide opposing or contradictory views. Throughout the beginning of this work, Plato
has Socrates presented with various definitions of justice. Socrates is always opposed to any rule or definition that can be applied mechanically, without requiring thinking or discernment.
One of the principle argument proposed to Socrates is that the whoever has the most political power will decide the nature of justice and that
this typically equates with whatever action is politically expedient. This argument is proposed by Thrasymachus who states that he cares nothing for the sort of hair-splitting arguments that he hears
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