Cephalus leaves immediately and Polemarchus provide his own definition that justice amounts to harming your enemies and helping your friends. Socrates counters this by noting that when one returns a weapon to madman then that doesn’t amount to justice as he/she might end up hurting others. Cephalus terms justice as being honest and living to one’s legal obligations. During the discussion, Socrates brings up the aforementioned question which is answered by all the parties, albeit in different ways. When they arrive the conversation begins with Polemarchus' dad Cephalus. In Book 1 Socrates, a young nobleman Polemarche and Adeimantus, Plato's brother to the house of Polemarchus, walk with his friend at a religious ceremony. Socrates does not, however, give any definition, and instead refutes every proposal. Socrates engages speakers to explore the best possible concept of justice.
Book I from the Republic of Plato highlights the effort by Socrates to achieve a reasonable conception of justice.
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