Book I, 331c (Cephalus/Polemarchus)
Justice as telling the truth and paying debts, then helping friends and harming enemies.
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From The Republic by Plato
Plato defines justice as each part of the soul and each class in the city performing its proper function, contrasted with rival definitions offered in Book I.
Book I, 338c (Thrasymachus)
Famous claim that justice is 'the advantage of the stronger.'
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Justice defined in the city as each class doing its own work and not meddling.
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Justice in the soul as harmony of reason, spirit, and appetite, each performing its proper function.
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