Argumentative paper on Plato's Republic 플라톤 국가 중 정의에 관한 논의 (영어 리포트 / 철학)

In Republic Book1, Socrates and Thrasymachus are having argument about ‘what is justice’. This paper will critically evaluate the argument between two. Since this conversation takes long, I will narrow the focus of this paper to the part where they talked about ‘craft(skill)’. Even though I mostly agree with Socrates’ idea, there were some unclear parts about ‘craft’. So this essay will raise arguments about it and anticipate some possible counterarguments and defend my thesis against them.
First of all, Socrates argued that “No kind of knowledge seeks or orders what is advantageous to itself, them, but what is advantageous to the weaker, which is subject to it. (342.d)” According to this idea, there is no deficiency or error in any craft, and craft is advantageous for the subject of craft, not for craft itself. Therefore, Socrates argues “no one in any position of rule, insofar as he is a ruler, seeks or orders what is advantageous to himself, but..

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