Single Idea 190

[catalogued under 8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / c. Self-predication]

Full Idea

If someone asked me 'Is justice itself just or unjust?' I should answer that it was just, wouldn't you? I agree.

Gist of Idea

If asked whether justice itself is just or unjust, you would have to say that it is just

Source

Plato (Protagoras [c.391 BCE], 330c)

Book Reference

Plato: 'Protagoras and Meno', ed/tr. Guthrie,W K C [Penguin 1956], p.62