/lit/ - Literature

>>16750735
>>16750769
Forgive me, here's the correct statue; I made my post in a whim.

>>15712254
Come on. Someone do Thrasymachus.

There were a million things Thrasymachus could have said to counter Socrates. What about physicians who only know medicine and fitness to improve themselves and not the public at large? Socrates seems to imply all doctors and physicians are selfless and noble.

Press A to applaud Thrasymachus for presenting the correct definition of justice.

Press S to shame (spit) Thrasymachus if you're a Socratic fangirl that believes in the form of the good.


A

Any books that present similar mindsets to those of Thrasymachus and Callicles?

Any books which elaborate on mindsets such as that of Thrasymachus and Callicles or something similar? I'm thinking they're on to something.

How old were you when you realized Thrasymachus was right?

"Justice is nothing but the advantage of another"
Literally prove him wrong.

>God is the ultimate moral good in himself
>Why? Because he will FUCKING SMITE YOUR ASS
>The king/goverment is the ultimate moral arbiter of justice
>Why? Because he will put your bitch ass to DEATH
>Virtues and morals are often whatever the ruling class decides to educate their population as good
>Trying to say that there exists universal morals and justice essentially requires you to point back on whatever notions of justice/ethics were set in place by a ruling body as fair and just
>There is no justice without violence

>inb4 rulers can make unadvantageous laws

Justice? More like Just Ass!

>>11407167
good/evil is the false dichotomy of plebeians.

might is right.

Why does Thrasymachus define justice as "interest of the stronger" then all of a sudden speak of unjust men and just men in the traditional context of justice as something virtuous? For example, he says that unjust men will have more success than the just, but if you plug in his explicit definition of justice, his statement makes no sense.

Am I misunderstanding something here or is Plato trying to deceive us?

beauty/ugliness is the false dichotomy of plebeians.

might is right.

>>8524567
Are you implying he's not right?

Plato didn't even manage to properly prove his very own "might makes right" strawman wrong.

good/evil is the false dichotomy of plebeians.

might is right.

The Jock

left-wing/right-wing is the false dichotomy of plebeians.

might is right.

virtue/vice is the false dichotomy of plebeians.

might is right.

Where were you when altruism was killed once and for all?

>>6324617
should/shouldn't is the false dichotomy of plebeians.

might is right.

>>6287528
I tried reading her once. A bit too intellectual for me, I don't know why she's so popular. Everyone knows socialism is the only way to have a truly fair society.

>>6225953
virtue/vice is the false dichotomy of plebeians.

might is right.

>>6154706
justifiable/unjustifiable is the false dichotomy of plebeians.

might is right.

>>6133225
justice/injustice is the false dichotomy of plebeians.

might is right.

play-doh a faggot

might is right