... the golden road to success in public life, which was considered the greatest achievable form of success possible in life. Regular public debates dealt with the questioning of application of justice and morality. Essentially, Socrates attributed the orators" success to being able to persuade massive amounts of people about right and wrong. Polus thought that acquiring supreme political power ... to blossom and prosper. Whereas Socrates conversely said that an unvirtuous life is spoiled and disgusting. Callicles contends that it is best for those superior to ignore the rules of justice an...

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... Merit, Valor, and have beneficial qualities. One must know and act upon what is good, what is right. Plato expresses in the "Republic- that a person and later a state must aim to achieve the four principal virtues. The four virtues consist of, courage, temperance, wisdom and justice. For Socrates a virtue is a particular thing or attribute. It is something possessed by the individual. Socrates ... believes that temperance, wisdom and knowledge balanced equally together create harmony which then produces justice. The subject matter of the "Republic- is the nature of justice and it's rela...

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