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Thrasymachus Vs Socrates

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Thrasymachus's view is that injustice is more profitable than justice. A criminal get's more than someone who follows the rules and that those who are just are too weak to stand against the law. He says that a person always acts in their own self interest and that it benefits to be amoral. Socrates goes and attempts to rebut his statement by saying a man who prescribes himself medication has a fool for a physician. Socrates also stated that there must be a union of a sort among criminals and that rebellious behavior. I found that Socrates rebuttals were not necessarily the strongest but when i was reading Socrates wasn't necessarily stating questions in a sense but always saying the opposite of the view. But I can see where Socrates was going

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