... down to one crucial yet abstract concept: the idea of justice. The meaning and implications of justice constitute perhaps one of the greatest problems of ancient and modern philosophy, while at the same time signifies the key to preventing the downfall of a ruler and/or an empire/city. In his book The Republic , through dialogues with Socrates that he transcribes, Plato defines justice as doing what is socially most ... sense that freedom would be a big part of it. (His neglect of this idea when he constructs his City can be seen later on in how he assigns jobs to the people.) In his bo...

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... in his role as psychologist are numerous and oftentimes rather obscure, so the reader would do well to focus instead on the less numerous justifications that Plato cites for banning things in his aristocracy. In fact, there are only two arguments that Plato presents over the course of The Republic to justify banning things in the city, but each argument is extremely important in its own right. It ... should be noted here that Plato's primary function as a de facto psychologist, it seems ... , is to enumerate what shall be banned from the city as a way to ensure that citizens' souls are ...

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... students of Socrates accepted actions that were to the benefit of friends and detriment of enemies as the standard definition of justice (Plato I.332b). Though in practice Machiavelli deviates away from this idea, it is not to say that he has rejected justice outright. It would seem that to Machiavelli, justice is a duty owed to the republic more strongly than a duty owed to another person ... worthy of great exception when carried out in the quest and service of the proper end of common good. Bibliography Machiavelli, Niccolo. Discourses on Livy. Trans. Harvey C Mansfield and Nathan Ta...

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... . Euthyphro clearly demonstrates that there is no place for piety to have an influence in justice. He establishes the extent to which we are responsible for our own actions and how we should go about correcting a wrong. This idea is furthered in Plato's Republic when he offers an alternative item that will influence justice – censorship. This proves that human knowledge and wisdom ... can serve as justice without the direct intervention of the gods. Ultimately, piety and censorship are both very influential in defining justice. Aeschylus represents a world filled ... time he sent troo...

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