On Justice

The dialogues of Plato

Part of the series on:
Early dialogues:
Apology Charmides Crito Euthyphro First Alcibiades Hippias Major Hippias Minor Ion Laches Lysis
Transitional and middle dialogues:
Cratylus Euthydemus Gorgias Menexenus Meno Phaedo Protagoras Symposium
Later middle dialogues:
Republic Parmenides Theaetetus Phaedrus
Late dialogues:
Clitophon Timaeus Critias Sophist Statesman Philebus Laws
Of doubtful authenticity:
Axiochus Definitions Demodocus Epinomis Epistles Eryxias Halcyon Hipparchus Horoi Minos On Justice On Virtue Rival Lovers Second Alcibiades Sisyphus Theages

On Justice (Greek: Περὶ Δικαίου; Latin: De Justo^[1]) is a Socratic dialogue attributed to Plato, but which is considered spurious. In the short dialogue, Socrates discusses with a friend questions about what is just and unjust.^[2]

External links

On Justice translated by George Burges
Free public domain audiobook version of On Justice translated by George Burges

References

↑ Henri Estienne (ed.), Platonis opera quae extant omnia, Vol. 3, 1578, p. 372.
↑ John Madison Cooper, D. S. Hutchinson, (1997), Plato, Complete works, p. 1687. Hackett Publishing.

Socrates

General

Trial of Socrates

Legacy

Phrases

Family

Sophroniscus (father)
Phaenarete (mother)
Xanthippe (wife)
Lamprocles (son)
Menexenus (son)
Myrto (wife)

Works about Socrates

Art

Double Herm of Socrates and Seneca (3rd century sculpture)
The Death of Socrates (1787 painting)
Socrates (1950 sculpture)

Stage

Socrates (18th century play)
Der geduldige Socrates (1721 opera)
Socrate (1919 oratorio)
Socrates on Trial (2007 play)

Literature

De genio Socratis (1st century essay)
On the Concept of Irony with Continual Reference to Socrates (1841 thesis)
The Plot to Save Socrates (2006 novel)

Other

Barefoot in Athens (1966 film)
Socrates (1971 film)
Sokrates (1998 video game)

Dialogues

Plato	Apology Axiochus Charmides Clitophon Cratylus Critias Crito Demodocus Epinomis Eryxias Euthydemus Euthyphro First Alcibiades Gorgias Hipparchus Hippias Major Hippias Minor Ion Laches Laws Lysis Menexenus Meno Minos On Justice On Virtue Parmenides Phaedo Phaedrus Philebus Protagoras Republic Rival Lovers Second Alcibiades Sisyphus Sophist Statesman Symposium Theaetetus Theages Timaeus

Xenophon	Apology Memorabilia Oeconomicus Symposium

Other	De re publica Halcyon Ishmael

Plato

Life

Dialogues

Uncontested	Apology Charmides Clitophon Cratylus Critias Crito Euthydemus Euthyphro First Alcibiades Gorgias Hippias Major Hippias Minor Ion Laches Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 228 Laws Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 23 Lysis Menexenus Meno Parmenides Phaedo Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 229 Phaedrus Philebus Protagoras Republic Sophist Statesman Symposium Theaetetus Timaeus

Of doubtful authenticity	Axiochus Demodocus Epinomis Epistles Letter I Letter II Letter V Letter VII Letter IX Letter X Letter XII Eryxias Halcyon Hipparchus Horoi Minos On Justice On Virtue Rival Lovers Second Alcibiades Sisyphus Theages

Allegories and metaphors

Family

Ariston of Athens (father)
Pyrilampes (stepfather)
Perictione (mother)
Adeimantus of Collytus (brother)
Glaucon (brother)
Potone (sister)
Speusippus (nephew)

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