In the beginning of Plato’s Republic, Socrates gets into an argument with Thrasymachus over whether or not justice is just for the advantage of the stronger. The whole debate deals with the fallibility of humans, crafts, people involved in crafts, and who the strong and the weak are. This initial back and forth leads to a much larger discussion of justice in Plato’s Republic.
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