In:
Philosophy, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 52, No. 201 ( 1977-07), p. 313-320
Abstract:
At the beginning of Book II of the Republic , Glaucon and Adeimantus ask Socrates to tell them what it is to be just or unjust, and why a man should be the former. Socrates suggests in reply that they consider first what it is for a polis to be just or unjust—a polis is bigger than an individual, he says, so its justice should be more readily visible. Now if we were to view in imagination ( logōi ) a polis coming into existence, he goes on, we should see also its justice and injustice coming into existence, and this might help us to discover what these qualities are.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0031-8191
,
1469-817X
DOI:
10.1017/S0031819100027145
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date:
1977
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2274770-9
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1466487-2
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208822-8
SSG:
5,1
