Book I, 336b-338c
Thrasymachus bursts in and defines justice as the advantage of the stronger.
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From The Republic by Plato
Book I's confrontation with the sophist Thrasymachus sets up the dialogue's central question by defending injustice as superior to justice.
Book I, 343b-344c
Thrasymachus's praise of the tyrant and claim that injustice pays.
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Socrates's three refutations: justice as virtue and wisdom, function argument, and happiness.
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