How it is that Polus and Callicles initially seem to be unconcerned with either or both of these things.

Political Philosophy

Explain how Plato’s Gorgias demonstrates the depth of the human love of, or attachment to, justice and nobility. In doing so be sure to address the following:

• How does Gorgias underestimate the extent to which human beings love, or are otherwise attached, to justice? Why is this a problem for him?

• How does Socrates’ questioning of Polus and Callicles serve to reveal the depth of the human love, or attachment, to justice and nobility? In answering this question, be sure to explain

(1) How it is that Polus and Callicles initially seem to be unconcerned with either or both of these things.

(2) How it is that they ultimately show themselves to love, or be attached, to them. What does the latter indicated about the psychological basis of the human love of, or attachment to, justice and nobility?