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start-(republic)What is the background to Plato's Republic? Why is Socrates having this discussion? Who is part of this discussion?

Socrates is leading this discussion to explore whether being just is inherently better than being unjust, a question Glaucon poses after Socrates refutes others' definitions. The participants include Socrates, Polemarchus, the wealthy Cephalus, and the sophist Thrasymachus,

What is Glaucon's position on the issue of justice? What does he want Socrates to prove to him?

justice as a necessary evil, a social contract that people accept out of weakness to protect themselves from suffering injustice from others. He challenges Socrates to prove that justice is desirable for its own sake, not just for the good reputation and consequences it brings

end-(republic)-How are families set up in Plato's ideal state?

All guardian men and women live communally, and no parent knows their own child, nor does any child know their parents.Mating is arranged by the rulers through "marriage festivals," which are manipulated to ensure that the best guardians are paired together as often as possible. To avoid resentment, the process is made to appear as a random lottery.

start-(plato)-What are the virtues of a just city?

wisdom, courage, moderation, and justice

end-(plato)Who should be the rulers of the just city, and why?

a just city should be philosopher-kings because they are the most just and possess the knowledge necessary to govern for the good of the city, not for personal gain

start-(socarates)-Why does Socrates believe the rulers must be philosophers

they are the only ones with the knowledge and virtue to govern justly

How does Socrates argue that the just person is happier than the unjust person?

justice is a harmonious state of the soul where reason rules over spirit and appetite

The Republic was written in which of following phrases of platos writing career

middle

True or false—the Republic character of socrates tries to define what justice means in the city before he defines what justice means in the individual because the former is easier to see

(true)

What type of constitution does plato think is worst

tyranny

Who defines justice as doing good to one's friends and harm to one's enemies in plati Republic

polemarchus

According to socrates, why does he start questioning people

to prove he is not smartest man in Athens