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Socrates is having a discussion saying "Consider further, most foolish Socrates, that the just is always a loser in comparison with the unjust. First of all, in private contracts: wherever the unjust is the partner of the just you will find that. when the partnership is dissolved. the unjust man has always more and the just less. Secondly, in their dealings with the state; when there is an income-tax,the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income; and when there is anything to be received the one gains nothing and the other much. Observe also what happens when they take an office; there is the just man neglecting his affairs and perhaps suffering other losses,and getting nothing out of the public, because he is just; moreover he is hated by his friends and acquaintance for refusing to serve them in unlawful ways." 

I like this passages because in my life and what i see in the world the people that are most good end up having nothing, but the people that are selfish and care for them selves and will do anything even if its unjust for them to be on top they will.

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  1. Professor RogerSeptember 12, 2021 at 2:23 PM

    Interesting passage to choose! This is Thrasymachus being totally cynical and saying justice is just a figment of our imagination, all that matters is who has power to *decide* what justice means and impose it on everybody else.

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