Plato's Republic: What is Justice?•Grade 9•rhetoric Stage
Thrasymachus: The Challenge
The Text
What You'll Learn
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Comprehension
Accurately recalls Thrasymachus interrupting aggressively after Polemarchus and Socrates speak, gathering himself like a wild beast
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Cause & Consequence
Explains why Thrasymachus' challenge (justice as interest of the stronger) threatens Socrates' position
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Meaning
Takes an original position on Thrasymachus' definition of justice or Socrates' refutation
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Defense
Steel-mans the counterargument (presents it in its strongest form)
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