3 Proofs Of The Unjust By Plato
In Plato's Republic, the protagonist Socrates provides three proofs that a just life is more satisfying than an unjust life. Of the three proofs, The third is the focus of our attention today. It states that “ when the entire soul follows the philosophophic part, there is no civil war in it, each part of it does its own work exclusively and is just, and in a particular it enjoys its own pleasures, the best and truest pleasures possible for it...but when one of the other parts gains control, it won't be able to secure its own pleasure and will compel the other parts to pursue an alien and untrue pleasure” 586e-587a. I believe that the third proof is meant to distinguish between genuine pleasure and the relief of pain. Let us take a look at the
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Clearly the just, for their pleasures are made of what is good and ture. Their pleasures are founded in a world of understanding that can not be taken away. The unjust live their lives looking for the next quick buzz, or the next fast profit. Because of this, they are never satisfied with their lives and what they have acquired. The just man can say he has tasted both desires and victory, but had the drive to pursue more. The just man did not quit at being the best, but allowed himself to keep attaining knowledge, and becoming more speriritchly full than those who chase after the unjust and untrue desires. A strange way of looking at it, is if both men were to die tomorrow. The unjust man would say I never had enough. But the just would say “my soul is at peace”. To me, the just man looks like Janusz Korczak. In 1911 he became a director for a jewish orphanage. Korczak had the option to walk away from the kids, several times throughout the course of World War two, but never once abandoned his virtues or his children. When the unjust man would have worked to saved his life, Korczak give comfort to those who looked up to him. You can destroy the physical body, take away the earthly desires, and even kill a man who is just. But in the end, he will only suffer pain of the body, but his soul will have its
Clearly the just, for their pleasures are made of what is good and ture. Their pleasures are founded in a world of understanding that can not be taken away. The unjust live their lives looking for the next quick buzz, or the next fast profit. Because of this, they are never satisfied with their lives and what they have acquired. The just man can say he has tasted both desires and victory, but had the drive to pursue more. The just man did not quit at being the best, but allowed himself to keep attaining knowledge, and becoming more speriritchly full than those who chase after the unjust and untrue desires. A strange way of looking at it, is if both men were to die tomorrow. The unjust man would say I never had enough. But the just would say “my soul is at peace”. To me, the just man looks like Janusz Korczak. In 1911 he became a director for a jewish orphanage. Korczak had the option to walk away from the kids, several times throughout the course of World War two, but never once abandoned his virtues or his children. When the unjust man would have worked to saved his life, Korczak give comfort to those who looked up to him. You can destroy the physical body, take away the earthly desires, and even kill a man who is just. But in the end, he will only suffer pain of the body, but his soul will have its