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Thrasymachus Vs Plato
We as people have been dealt a variety of cards it is how one plays that hand of cards. A person can play strategically, by playing to win. A person can play by cheating their where through life, only thinking of themselves, or lastly two people or more can help each other to win their way through life by working as a time. As we have seen that Plato was a man that lived morally right that satisfied human nature that lead to happiness. And Thrasymachus lived life that only for self no matter what the cost. We have seen that Plato and Thrasymachus had to ways of thinking much like we do in today’s society in today’s age of times. The two viewpoints of these two men has allowed us a human race to either live to please others, or just please ourselves.
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