Plato
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The Use of Dialectic to Define Justice
Through the use of Socratic dialogue, has an advantage at obtaining answers by refuting other philosophers. is able to achieve an answer to the question, what is justice. He derives this answer through an analogy of the ideal city. The ideal city parall ....
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.... one must first analyze its components. does this with dialectic. Then he questions that each individual is a member of one of three groups: Rulers, Guardians, and the Producer class. Each one of the specifications of labor
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within the kallipolis accompany a chief characteristic. The rulers were considered to have wisdom as their virtue. People chosen to be a ruler exhibited a special knowledge for leading the state. In the kallipolis rulers make their judgment for the happiness of ....
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