https://summaryshelf.app/authors/plato/Recent content in Plato on SummaryShelfHugoen-usWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://summaryshelf.app/republic/Tue, 20 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://summaryshelf.app/republic/<p>Justice, for Plato, is not fairness or rule-following in the everyday sense. It&rsquo;s order — the right thing ruling in the right place, both inside a person and inside a city. Across the Republic, Socrates works toward a single definition: justice means each part performing its proper function. In the soul, reason should govern appetite; in the city, the wise should govern the many. And because a soul and a state mirror each other, a society falls apart exactly as fast as the character of its citizens does.</p>