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Plato's Argument Of A Just Life

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In Book two of Plato’s Republic, there is the continued argument about what a just life is. It is brought up once again when Glaucon, who wasn’t satisfied with Socrates first answer, once again challenges him to argue his opinion on what a just life is but instead of having him recite another definition he poses a challenge. Glaucon inherently asks Socrates to defend justice’s worth and exhibit that justice is innately desirable to injustice, because to Glaucon, justice is not something that people freely participate in, “…even those who practice it do so unwillingly, from an incapacity to do justice..., (Plato 359e1-2)” instead he feels that it is an agreement of sorts between men that ends up being carried out to benefit one’s self. To further
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