... justice. But Socrates did not do that. Instead he sought after it. He went and asked friends of his the question: What is justice? In Plato's Republic Socrates search for justice is written in the form of a dialogue with three friends, Polemarchus, Thrasymachus, and Glaucon. Polecmarchus claimed that justice is ... the soul, which has three parts; interest, class and virtue. The Allegory of the cave can be related to the tripartide state. The condition of mankind can be illustrated by thinking of a group of prisoners in a cave. They can only look straight ahead. Behind them burns a fire,...

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... them, they each formed unique opinions about the world, life, and how to live. Socrates was a sort of bridge to Plato and Aristotle. In fact, in a way, Socrates and Plato were the same person, a sort of "Plocrates." The Republic, which Plato wrote, is predominantly about the ideas put forth by Socrates. Socrates was infamous for his method of his interrogation and questioning ... not know what justice is, but he is also "incapable of finding it" (Republic 336e). This is a very important idea as Plato continues with the Republic. Plato writes of the analogy of the line and the cave. In th...

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