Evil And Ignorance In Socrates '

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And you also said that the just is like the wise and good, and the unjust like the evil and ignorant?
That is the inference.
And each of them is such as his like is?
That was admitted.
Then the just has turned out to be wise and good and the unjust evil and ignorant. (37)

Here, Socrates asks question after question, asking Thrasymachus to define what it is exactly that one word means in reference to another word, and enforcing those definitions throughout the dialogue. Socrates is able to pick out the flaw he detects within the claim and use then use the words of his opponents against them. He over analyzes word choice and nitpicks the structure of other people’s statements in order to reveal to them that what they thought was the truth is

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