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Thrasymachus to Socrates: From Plato's Republic
Plato: Complete Works, edited by John M. Cooper ^
| 4th century BC
| Plato
Posted on 01/30/2008 2:01:16 PM PST by johniegrad
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To: Jim Robinson
To: johniegrad
Very interesting. Thanks for posting this.
To: wideminded
Thanks. Sometimes these sort of things are not widely read on FR.
To: johniegrad
It is, as Socrates argues, still always better to be just. And later in this same dialogue we learn from the legend of Er, the slain warrior who comes back to life, that the tyrants and evildoers go to hell.
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posted on
01/30/2008 2:14:11 PM PST
by
Unknowing
(Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.)
To: johniegrad
not one of my faves - Cave Parable is about the best writing in the past 2068 years
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posted on
01/30/2008 2:14:16 PM PST
by
spanalot
(*)
To: johniegrad
And, as I said from the first, justice is what is advantageous to the stronger while injustice is to one's own profit and advantage.Which is why one should always check the premises - either stated, or unstated.
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posted on
01/30/2008 2:15:37 PM PST
by
Socratic
(“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength.” - Corrie Ten Boom)
To: Unknowing
So are our present candidates just or unjust?
To: johniegrad
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posted on
01/30/2008 2:17:25 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(oil--the world currency)
To: Socratic
Which is why one should always check the premises - either stated, or unstated.Well, Thrasymachus was a Sophist.
To: RightWhale
Consider it a Rorschach test.
To: johniegrad
Probably both, with a preponderance of unjustness.
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posted on
01/30/2008 2:20:57 PM PST
by
Unknowing
(Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.)
To: johniegrad
I assume that Plato has Socrates give an answer, one that Plato considered to be correct?
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posted on
01/30/2008 2:22:18 PM PST
by
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
(Mike Huckabee: If Gomer Pyle and Hugo Chavez had a love child this is who it would be.)
To: johniegrad
Thanks for posting.
Kind of puts that old adage that “cheaters never prosper” on it’s head, eh? LOL.
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posted on
01/30/2008 2:23:00 PM PST
by
khnyny
(2008: A Space Odyssey/ Clintons=HAL)
To: johniegrad
So? Where is the great Greek nation today, with such advice?
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posted on
01/30/2008 2:23:08 PM PST
by
bvw
To: johniegrad
It’s not a Rorschach test. What are your views on reversing the common understanding of commonly used terms?
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posted on
01/30/2008 2:23:56 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(oil--the world currency)
To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla
An answer from Socrates? LOL
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posted on
01/30/2008 2:25:21 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(oil--the world currency)
To: johniegrad
Well, Thrasymachus was a Sophist.Tain't we ALL Magee?
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posted on
01/30/2008 2:31:03 PM PST
by
Socratic
(“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength.” - Corrie Ten Boom)
To: johniegrad
Consider it a Rorschach test.
Oh brother (rolls eyes). Humble you ain't kid.
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posted on
01/30/2008 2:36:10 PM PST
by
khnyny
(2008: A Space Odyssey/ Clintons=HAL)
To: khnyny
Consider it a Rorschach test. Oh brother (rolls eyes). Humble you ain't kid
LOL. I didn't say that I was the one to score it. Just posted it for sh*ts and giggles.
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