Book IX, 580a-c
First proof: ranking of souls corresponding to regimes; the just/kingly man is happiest.
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From The Republic by Plato
Against Thrasymachus and Glaucon, Plato argues the just person is happier than the unjust, with three proofs in Book IX.
Book IX, 580d-583a
Second proof: only the philosopher knows the pleasures of all three parts.
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Third proof: true vs. illusory pleasures; the tyrant's life is least pleasant.
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