Q: In your opinion, is Polemarchus definition of justice, derived from the poet Simonedes, an improvement from his father’s definition?
A: No Clue as of right now
Q: What is Simonides definition of justice? Has Polemarchus interpreted him correctly?
A: Simonedes says that justice is helping your friends and hurting your enemies. Polemarchus actually agrees with this.
Q: What problem does Socrates see in the phrase, “helping one’s friends and harming ones enemies”? Why is this not an accurate definition of justice?
A: He says that the quote is related too much on emotion. It doesn't take into consideration that maybe your enemy could be a good person and your friend be a bad person.
Q;What lesson do you think Socrates/Plato is trying to prove by having Polemarchus give in to Socrates when his father (Cephalus) would not?
A: The lesson shows that the young and inexperienced are hasty to change their mind than an older and experienced person because the young don't know a lot that the older people know. So maybe the younger don't know what there getting into.
Q: Whose argument do you find more convincing, Polemarchus or Socrates? Why? (This should be a longer response, short paragraph, about 5 sentences).
A: I would have to say that Socrates is more convinicing then Polemarchus in this argument. The reason is because Polemarchus' belief is based only on the needs of the believer. What he thinks doesn't spread out and take care of everyone else. Justice is meant to bring peace to all good men. If you're going to defend your friends and only hurt you enemies, this only means that you only care for yourself and nobody else around you.
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