Blog Bonus! Compare what Protagoras has to say about punishment (324a; p. 19) with Foucault.

Examine the argument that justice is the same kind of thing as piety (330c-331b; pp. 25-26). Are the premises true? Are the conclusions valid?

P1: Justice is some thing, not no thing.
P2: Justice itself is a thing.
P3: Justice itself is a just kind of thing.
P4: No one virtue is the same kind of thing as any other.

C1: Piety is not a just kind of thing.
C2: Piety is an unjust kind of thing.

Who offers the better interpretation of Simonides' poem, Protagoras or Socrates?

Or is Socrates right to say that differences of interpretation cannot be settled (347e)?

Is pleasure the good?

Is Socrates right to explain weakness of will as ignorance (355b & ff; p. 52)?

Does Socrates succeed in demonstrating that courage is a kind of wisdom?

Does the dialogue clarify whether virtue is teachable?

Is "Protagoras" a good example of the superiority of dialogue over monologue in philosophy?