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Anonymous Sat Oct 20 20:14:21 2018 No.11964805 [Reply] [Original]

Is Justice really just minding one's business, and performing your duty?

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 20 20:17:24 2018 No.11964818 No, Justice is the intentional attempt to balance the scales

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 20 20:19:17 2018 No.11964826 >>11964818 Why? I'm pretty sure Plato refuted this in book one. I've only just finished book four myself.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 20 20:20:07 2018 No.11964830 >>11964826 Keep reading, he gets to it in a few books.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 20 20:22:07 2018 No.11964837 >>11964826 why would you ask this if you haven’t even finished the book?

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 20 20:36:45 2018 No.11964900 No, justice is a state of harmony between the tripartite portions of the soul

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 20 20:38:59 2018 No.11964905 >>11964818 In the Cratylus he mentions the importance of the virtue of courage in actively opposing any disharmonious/unjust forces.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 20 20:39:51 2018 No.11964909 >>11964826 >Plato refuted this >Unironically referring to Socrates as if he were a mouthpiece for Plato lmao

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 20 20:43:07 2018 No.11964925 >>11964900 I know that, but he he makes the analogous relationship between the state and soul for a reason, and I was asking about clarification on that.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 20 21:05:46 2018 No.11964977 >>11964925 It's hard to gather that from your OP

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 20 21:24:43 2018 No.11965043 >>11964905 That's just, like, his opinion man