ntions. After this phase of the argument both Polemarchus and the reader see that even though refusing to turn over something that is owed to someone would not fit the original definition of justice, the intention to protect a friend from their unsound mind by keeping the goods is a just action. By discussing Polemarchus' original definition of justice with him, Socrates moves his audience closer to the true definition of justice.
After realizing that his first definition of justice was incorrect, Polemarchus presents a new definition that incorporates the idea
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