Picking up where we left off.Socrates vs. Cephalus
Cephalus was an established Athenian; a conventional authority. At the same time Socrates was debating the Sophists, he was not defending Athenian convention. He had a dialog with Cephalus where he attacked him from a Sophist angle.
Justice, as traditionally defined by the Athenians, consisted of two principles.
- Give to each what is owed.
- Be good to your friends
It’s relatively simple to find examples where no solution satisfies both of those principles. For instance, do you give a drunk friend his car keys back? They’re his, so you owe them to him, but you’re not being good to him if you let him drive home.
Doctrine of Analogy — Next time.