The Republic

Present Plato’s 3rd argument in The Republic that the just life is happier than the unjust life.

what is his argument

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In short, Plato says that unlike the tyrant, the just man is free. The just man is not enslaved to anything because his life is governed by reason. It is for this reason that his desires and emotions do not govern his life. The just man is happiest because he controls his own life.