Socrates has at last provided a definition of justice. this definition bears strong resemblance to the two definitions of justice put forward in book i. cephalus ventured that justice was the honoring of legal obligations, while his son polemarchus suggested that justice amounts to one’s friends and harming one’s enemies. these two definitions are linked by the imperative of rendering what is due, or giving to each what is appropriate. this same imperative finds variant expression in plato’s definition of justice—justice as a political arrangement in which each person plays the appropriate role. what is due to each person is rendered all at once. each is assigned the role in society that best suits their nature and that best serves society as a whole. what would you understand from this excerpt?

It could be understood that a comparison is being made, between socrates and Plato idea of justice, their views are being summarized and contrasted.

Explanation:

The view Socrates has on justice is that justice is the virtue that controls:

That hierarchy is really important to Socrates, he says justice resides in your soul, and it has the control to determine 1. reason 2. spirit 3. appetite and depending on the interaction these elements have you will act with justice or not.

On the other hand, Plato has a different order in society, and justice is limited to the function every part has in that comunity.

- "is not only a luminous passive watcher in the night sky, but it is a powerful force.

it does symbolizes love,   lust   and dreaming and is seen as a power symbolic force that determines and affects human behaviors and reactions.

in the context of the question it does remain you that he events are only taking place at night and the reader of the passage of time."

which lines in this excerpt from act i of shakespeare's romeo and juliet suggest that lord capulet respects free will?