Do you think "the just is always a loser in comparison with the unjust" ? Have you had any experience that you did not deserve to what you did the right thing? Thrasymachus in the book states that the life of the unjust is more advantageous than that of the just. The reason is that,first of all,"wherever the unjust is the partner of the just you will find that, when the partnership is dissolved, the unjust man has always more and the just less in private contracts." Second of all, "when there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income in their dealings with the State. And when there is anything to be received, the one gains nothing and the other much."

In our daily life too, we may sometimes face this kind of situation. Please look back to the past and find out the experience you might had.

By the way, what we should do to live happy life is that to do the unjust behavior if we follow Thrasymachus' theory.

However, Socrates tries to produce evidence against Thrasymachus who believes "the just have a better and happier life than the unjust."

We'll look at Ｓｏｃｒａｔｅｓ’ controversy against Thrasymachus tomorrow.

See you,

Misaki