Thrasymachus

To an ex - tremist wing (such as Thrasymachus in Plato's Repub - lic), it became construed as merely the rules of the stronger imposed for their own interests to keep the masses in check, so that the really wise individual could quietly pursue his own predatory interests.

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On Thrasymachus 'view (see especially 343c-344c), justice is conventionally established by the strong, in order that the weak will serve the interests of the strong.

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Thrasymachus withdraws sullenly, like Callicles in the Gorgias, but Socrates '“victory” fails to satisfy Glaucon and Adeimantus.

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Thrasymachus: My general point is that Loving was not nearly as anti-majoritarian a decision as is sometimes suggested.

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And speaking of Thrasymachus, Doug Kmiec seems to have learned from his example very well.

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Republic 1, Socrates offers Thrasymachus an elaborate argument to the conclusion that “injustice is never more profitable than justice” (354a).

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Thrasymachus who believed in the doctrine that "justice is in the interest of the stronger party."

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Thrasymachus erupts when he has had his fill of this conversation (336a-b), and he challenges the assumption that it is good to be just.

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