This paper discusses Plato’s views on justice as primarily found in The Republic with commentary on the first and more specific part of book. This paper includes commentaries by well known reference sources.
Plato’s views on justice are primarily found in The Republic which include some current views of justice and justice in the state and in the individual, as well as immortality and the rewards of justice.. Because of the length and the depth of these chapters, a commentary on the first and more specific part of the book, regarding the concept of justice, will be reviewed as well as other commentaries by well-known reference sources. As one of these wrote:
The Republic is Plato’s greatest work. It is a
lengthy dialogue in ten books, the scene being
the house of Cephalus, father of Lysias the
orator, in the Pireaus.. …
The Republic is Plato’s greatest work. It is a
lengthy dialogue in ten books, the scene being
the house of Cephalus, father of Lysias the
orator, in the Pireaus.. …
Plato strove to define the concept of justice in this book