Book 2 in the Republic

Today, we're going to look at Book 2 in the Republic. Glaucon who is Plato's older brother and Socrates argues about what justice is and what the orgin of justice is.And in the last part of Book 2, Socrates tries to think over justice from the perspective of what it means to a nation.

Glaucon states what he want to hear from Socrates is "what justice and injustice are, and what power each has when it is just by itself in the soul." Additionally, he explains how justice is considered to be and what the origins are. Second, he argues that all persons are unwilling to practice it and feel they are forced to do it. Third, he argues that there is no reason to deny their acts.

Later, he explains the origin of justice from his viewpoint. It is the laws or convenants which people promised not to do injustice to others or to suffer it. Because they know that to do injustice is naturally good and to suffer injustice bad, and badness of suffering it far exceeds the goodness of doing it, they come to an agreement not to do such thing each other. All in all, he asserts that people practice justice unwillingly because they lack the power to do injustice. Thus, justice is not a positive one but a negative one.

To get to understand the book is really hard to me. But I hope my knowledge of the book will become deeper.

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Misaki