r to his country. No one will be less likely to commit adultery, or to dishonor his father and mother, or fail to follow religious duties." This reference to the commandments proves that our beliefs that are held by many people, even in the old world. Justice is an important virtue, it is needed to run yourself and a country properly, Plato believed this also. It is no secret to any person that being just is a proper way to live your life. Many of the passages in The Republic discribe justice as an important virtue, justice is one of the virtues that Catholics are called to follow, too.Plato describes justice as being concerned with the inward man and not the outward, we must not let the appearance of a person block our judgement of right and wrong. A person cannot let their feelings for a person or object hinder their judgement either. It isn't just a Catholic belief that we should look to the inside to judge a person's character, humans are taught that from their parents early on in life. "A just man sets in order his own life, and is his own master and his own law." I agree with Plato on this point because before you can believe in anything you have to believe in yourself. Plato describes injustice as: " strife which rises up against the three principles, it is like a rising up of the soul against the whole, an assertion of unlawful authority, which is made by a rebellious subject against a true prince." Another teaching is that the soul cannot be satisfied with the material goods of the world, but it needs just acts to feel "whole" or complete. This is also something the church teaches, nothing can take the place of God in your life, you won't feel whole unless you fill the void in your soul with faith and not the material things.According to Plato, justice is the beauty and well being of the soul and vice the disease and weakness of the soul, this is very similar to the teaching that sin is tainted on the soul, something...
