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A 2 1/2 page paper which examines Plato’s theory on justice as it
involves the three faculties of human nature. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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as the democracy was on the verge of total ruin and was also "responsible for Socratess death" (Bhandari). Plato argued that justice could serve to rid the society of such
evils that were possessed in the Athenian government and thus presented his theories as they related to three faculties of human nature. In the following paper we briefly examine these
faculties and discuss his theory regarding justice. Plato and Justice Plato argued that the human organism actually possessed three different elements. He argued that these three elements were
Reason, Spirit, and Appetite. "An individual is just when each part of his or her soul performs its functions without interfering with those of other elements. For example, the reason
should rule on behalf of the entire soul with wisdom and forethought" (Bhandari). That which is the Spirit will naturally give in to the rule possessed by Reason. "Those two
elements are brought into harmony by combination of mental and bodily training. They are set in command over the appetites which form the greater part of mans soul" (Bhandari).
In essence we see that Plato argued that it took Reason and Spirit to overcome some of the power possessed in Appetite, for it was Appetite which ruled much of
a humans body. It sought to find pleasure and to find sustenance. "These appetites should not be allowed, to enslave the other elements and usurp the dominion to which they
have no right. When all the three agree that among them the reason alone should rule, there is justice within the individual" (Bhandari). Plato also saw that in any
given society, or social organism, there were reflections of these same elements. The class of man that was comprised of the philosophers and great thinkers belonged to the element of
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