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Plato's Argument For A Just Life
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Plato's argument for the benefits of a just life is intrinsically linked to his
definition of good and its relation to people's desires. He begins by showing
that when the objective of a desire is simple (e.g. quenching a thirst), the
desire must be correspondingly simple. Since thirst is a simp ....
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....e. So we see two distinct parts of the soul. The first is
said to be appetite (which desires without reason) and reason (which considers
the consequences). Reason may thus work against anything that is not for the
total good of the man. Plato holds that if the desire were truly for a good
drink, reason would never oppose it. Our usage of the word good, however, has
come to denote an expectation of usefulness to our purpose; although this may be
relative to the end result that we experience .... |
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