It's everywhere. It's been the question in almost all the Greek texts... What is justice? I even wrote my paper about it (sadly, I feel was an epic fail). In the earlier Greek texts there seems to be the question of... "Is justice a who or a what?" Is it some being above even the gods (like the fates), or is it just a principality? Plato gives so many opinions on the nature of justice. Before, it kind of seemed like there was no real set rules of what was just and what was not. It seemed as if justice was "in the eyes of the beholder", or whoever was judging the situation. In the Republic, Plato gives some of our first clear cut definitions of what is just and what is not. "Don't give a murderer back his knife? Okay! That makes since!" Kudos, Plato. Furthermore, I wanted to ask YOU, do you agree with all of Plato’s reasoning? Are there some things he says are just that you disagree with? Why?
ps: If you're bored count how many times I used a form of the word "just" in my blog.
pss: If you're REALLY bored count how many times I used it in my paper.
pss: If you’re REALLY REALLY bored count how many times Plato refers to it in the Republic.
psss: If you’re REALLY REALLY REA- just kidding, I commented on Amy's.
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