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Justice In The Republic

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ple are punished, rewarded, or simply left alone everyday. It is the actions of others that affect these aspects of a person. However, even with a sense of justice in mind, no one can truly know how well his or her justice is issued.
Because justice, in a literal sense is such an abstract matter, it really becomes what is acceptable to the people in the society. In The Republic, Plato emphasizes the point of justice and just what it is and what it means to others. As Socrates and the other philosophers speak of the matter, issues arise and ideas surface as well as arguments about what it really means, and if there is a straightforward meaning to the concept of justice. Justice in definition and justice in reality end up differently in certain

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