POLC70H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Glaucon, Thrasymachus
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They decide what is just (the justice system). This is his initial argument, and is correct on a certain level: socrates gets thrasymachus to accept that the rules that are laid down might not always be the advantage of the stronger. Justice is a kind of knowledge, which is a kind of power. Rulers should be focused on their own self-interest (when they always aren"t): socrates says knowledge is the basis of rule, so a doctor or pilot is ruling over you. Thrasymachus says that shepard"s lead their sheep to the slaughter, and that is the true nature of political rule. He also goes on to say the unjust are the better: the exercise of knowledge is something distinct from the self-interest of. He goes on to talk about the wages of the best men, which is when the people are indifferent to honor, and wealth, they just want to rule.
