![]() ![]() (6) This book is significant because it begins Socrates’ efforts to construct an ideal city, which is the centerpiece of the Republic as a whole. (5) How does Socrates propose to respond to Glaucon’s challenge? That is, what is his strategy for dealing with it? (4) What is Glaucon’s fundamental challenge? What does Socrates have to demonstrate? ![]() What does Glaucon say is the common view of justice? ![]() ![]() (3) Glaucon observes that most people do not see justice as Socrates does. (2) Glaucon’s renewal of Thrasymachus’ position begins with a distinction between three kinds of goods what kinds of goods does he identify? How does Socrates categorize justice? So our first question is this: why do you suppose that Plato put this renewed Thrasymachian objection into the mouths of new characters? Why not allow Thrasymachus to renew his own objection? (1) In this book, Glaucon and Adiemantus (Plato’s brothers) renew Thrasymachus’ position, which already implies that Plato understands that he has not adequately refuted what Thrasymachus had to say. ![]()
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