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The Problem of Justice in Plato's Republic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2009

B. M. Laing
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Extract

It is well known to readers of the Republic that, according to Plato's representation, a casual meeting of several friends develops into a sederunt for the express purpose of finding a solution to the question, what is justice? The question has its origin in the remark of the aged Cephalus, quoting Pindar, that whoever lives a life of justice and holiness,

Sweet hope, the nourisher of age, his heart

Delighting, with him lives; which most of all

Governs the many veering thoughts of man.

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Philosophy , Volume 8 , Issue 32 , October 1933 , pp. 412 - 421
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy 1933

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