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    Plato's book "The Republic" seeks to define justice and whether the just person is happier than the unjust. Socrates uses his Socratic method of questioning to search for contradictions in ideas. In Book I, Socrates and others meet at Polemarchus' house where Cephalus at first defines justice as being truthful and returning what is owed, but Socrates argues this definition has limitations.

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    Plato's book "The Republic" seeks to define justice and whether the just person is happier than the unjust. Socrates uses his Socratic method of questioning to search for contradictions in ideas. In Book I, Socrates and others meet at Polemarchus' house where Cephalus at first defines justice as being truthful and returning what is owed, but Socrates argues this definition has limitations.

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    Plato's book "The Republic" seeks to define justice and whether the just person is happier than the unjust. Socrates uses his Socratic method of questioning to search for contradictions in ideas. In Book I, Socrates and others meet at Polemarchus' house where Cephalus at first defines justice as being truthful and returning what is owed, but Socrates argues this definition has limitations.

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    What is Justice?

    In the first book of The Republic, Plato, through the words of his teacher, Socrates,
    seeks the definition of justice and whether the just person is happier than the unjust. In the book,
    Socrates method of conversing, known widely as the Socratic method, is used. The Socratic
    method, adopted by Plato in the book, is presented in the form of a question meant to search for
    contradictions in ones thoughts and ideas and lead them to a conclusion.
    Book I begins with Socrates and Glaucon (one of Platos brothers) returning home from a
    religious event. On the way home, they meet Adeimantus (another of Platos brothers) and
    Polemarchus, a nobleman who invites them into his house. The two join Polemarchus to his
    abode and meet Cephalus, a wealthy and retired merchant, whom is Polemarchus father.
    Socrates and Cephalus engage in a conversation which later leads to the definition of justice.
    Cephalus defines justice as being untruthful and returning what is owed. Socrates argued that,
    what if the instance had involved a borrowed weapon and a dangerous friend. Cephalus explains
    that, in that instance, it would be unjust to return the borrowed weapon, and hands over the
    conversation to Polemarchus.

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