POLI 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Cephalus, Religious Festival, Justice First
10 Apr 2016
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Republic is his primary text on the topic of justice: 380bce, as is usual in most platonic dialogues, socrates is the primary speaker. Setting religious festival in piraeus in athens. In the home of cephalus: well-regarded guy, the name of cephalus is literally means the head. Socrates asks cephalus how does it feel about getting old? : happy about getting old, as they are more able to talk philosophically. First definition of justice not cheating someone, even unintentionally not lying to him, not owing a sacrifice to some god or money to a person. Speaking the truth and repaying whatever debts one had incurred. Weapons on loan from a sane person, who in a moment of insanity comes to get them back. In this case, both not giving them back and lying to the person about why you are not giving them back are justified, thus the definition is no good.
