This fourth volume of George Grote's essays examines Plato and other companions of Sokrates, with a detailed abstract of Plato's Republic. It follows Socratic debates on justice, including definitions by Simonides and Polemarchus, and is valuable for readers interested in classical philosophy and careful argument.
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PLATO, AND THE OTHER COMPANIONS OF SOKRATES. PLATO, and the OTHER COMPANIONS OF SOKRATES. by GEORGE GROTE, author of the ‘history of greece’. A NEW EDITION. IN FOUR VOLUMES.
Vol. IV. LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. 1888. The right of Translation is reserved. CONTENTS. CHAPTER XXXV. PLATONIC REPUBLIC — ABSTRACT. Declared theme of the Republic — Expansion and multiplication of the topics connected with it 1 Personages of the dialogue 2
Views of Kephalus about old age ib. Definition of Justice by Simonides — It consists in rendering to every man what is owing to him ib. Objections to it by Sokrates — There are cases in which it is not right to restore what is owing, or to tell the truth 3 Explanation by Polemarchus — Farther interrogations by Sokrates — Justice renders what is proper and suitable: but how? in what cases, proper? Under what circumstances is Justice useful? 4 The just man, being good for keeping property guarded, must also be good for stealing property — Analogies cited 5 Justice consists in doing good to friends, evil to enemies — But how, if a man mistakes who his friends are, and makes friends of bad men? 6 Justice consists in doing good to your friend, if really a good man: hurt to your enemy, with the like proviso. Sokrates affirms that the just man will do no hurt to any one. Definition of Simonides rejected ib.
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