Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Opening of the Question of Justice: Socrates' Exchanges with Cephalus and Polemarchus
Socrates' Objection to Cephalus' View of Justice
Polemarchus' Defense of His Inheritance and the Question of Owed and Fitting
Socrates' Three-Part Critique of Justice as Helping Friends and Harming Enemies
2. Thrasymachus and the Question of the Goodness of Justice
The Opening Exchange Between Thrasymachus and Socrates
Thrasymachus' Definition of Justice
Rulers in the Strict Sense
Thrasymachus' Attack on Justice: The Shephard Speech and Its Aftermath
Socrates' Three-Argument Defense of Justice
3. Glaucon and Adeimantus and Justice as the Proper Order of the Soul
Glaucon's and Adeimantus' Speeches
Justice as the Proper Order of the Soul
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index