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In a famous and important passage, Glaucon describes the Myth of Gyges. Socrates, in response, argues that it is better to be just and appear unjust than to be unjust and appear just. Do you think that
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In a famous and important passage, Glaucon describes the Myth of Gyges. Socrates, in response, argues that it is better to be just and appear unjust than to be unjust and appear just. Do you think that Socrates, in The Republic, successfully responds to Glaucon’s challenge?

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Socrates gets Thrasymachus to agree that the just person seeks to outdo only unjust people, but Thrasymachus is skeptical that the person will succeed at this, being so 'polite and innocent'

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