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Single Idea 8

[from 'The Republic' by Plato, in 23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 4. Value of Authority ]

Full Idea

Thrasymachus: right is the interest of the established government.

Gist of Idea

Is right just the interests of the powerful?

Source

Plato (The Republic [c.374 BCE], 339a)

Book Reference

Plato: 'Republic', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [OUP 1993], p.19