March 2023 Bar Bulletin
By Thrasymachus
When Socrates asked us to explain what justice is I blushed. Not from embarrassment, thank you very much, but from exasperation. Anyone familiar with the real world understands justice is the advantage of the stronger. In fact, injustice on a grand scale often appears stronger, freer, and more masterly than justice. And while Socrates may imagine examples of justice in the form of wise rule, the refutation is incomplete. This is because Socrates is nothing more than the doubt inside your soul. It knows nothing but how to make you squirm.
But of this I could not convince the sophists at the Academy. My vindication must wait for the irresistible...