Includes bibliographical references (p. 194-197) and index.
Contents
Introduction: 'Turning the soul around' -- Part 1: Dramatic characterisation -- Old recipes about justice -- Thrasymachus on justice and power -- The function of 'thrasymachus' in Plato's text -- Part 2: The argument -- Defining justice -- Limits on the just -- Power, skill and ruling -- Excellence and the motivational structure of the just -- Socrates sketches the 'power' of justice -- Conclusion: the Socratic vision.