LITERATURE QUESTIONS
LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM
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Thrasymachus
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Polemarchus
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Glaucon
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Socrates
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Detailed explanation-1: -For Glaucon, the view is that it is better to be thought Just, to receive the benefits of being Just, and to actually be Unjust. That is, Justice is desired only because the person who behaves justly does so not because it is better to actually be just, but to be thought just.
Detailed explanation-2: -At this point, Socrates restates Glaucon’s original challenge by saying, “It was, I believe, said that doing injustice is profitable for the man who is perfectly unjust but has the reputation of being just. Or isn’t that the way it was said” (Plato 588b)?
Detailed explanation-3: -Abstract: Glaucon argues that all persons are egoistic and selfish; the only reason people do not always do the unjust thing is the fear of being caught and harmed.