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A 5 page essay that discusses the Polemarchus' argument with Socrates over the nature of justice. Polemarchus argues that justice is paying back what is owed. This paper takes the stance that Polemarchus was correct. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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blessing that his wealth has brought to him. Cephalus answers that wealth has allowed him to be "generous and honest and just," which causes Socrates to continue questioning and
ask what he means by "justice." Durant (1961) comments on the difficulty of defining this quality, a factor that allows Socrates to easily refute the various definitions offered to him,
one after the other (p. 16). When the topic of the conversation becomes clear, Cephalus quickly excuses himself and goes off to attend the sacrificial ceremonies at the temple. One
gets the feeling that he has heard all this before and does not care to try to argue with Socrates. Cephalus son, Polemarchus takes up his fathers argument with
considerable enthusiasm. The question under debate is whether or not justice consists of the repayment of debt -- is justice a matter of giving to each mean what is coming
to him? When Polemarchus takes up the argument, Socrates has already made the point that reality is seldom so well defined. (Socrates has cited the example returning
dangerous weapons to a madman.) At this point, Polemarchus then tries once again to define justice in a simple manner that includes all exceptions. He states that friends should
do good, not evil to their friends (Plato, 2002). As this indicates, Polemarchus works hard to defend his fathers "rule of thumb" as if it were a hard
and fast definition (Dobbs, 1994). Polemarchus maintains that his fathers viewpoints provides an adequate definition of justice, "at least if we are to be persuaded by Simonides" (Dobbs, 1994,
p. 668). Socrates grants that Simonides is a man of "wisdom and godliness" and invites Polemarchus to identify "what it is you suppose that Simonides said correctly in speaking
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