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Plato's Republic and the Problem of Justice | The New Thinkery Ep. 86

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The Origin of Justice by a Ring of a Giges

Force blake: I was intrigued by the origin of justice story that glaucon gives. The best case would be actually to inflict great injustice upon everyone else, but i'm kind of weak, so i'll give that up in exchange for not having to suffer injustice. No real man would do this, as you say. But he's going to show us that no one is willingly just. He recounts a myth for us, the famous a ring of gige's myth. This is three 59 c soa, did you want to take us through that myth? Alex,. Just briefly and summarize. Force Blake: Is this borrowed from herodotus? Or this is just a

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