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JUSTICE SERVED What is the relation of the state to the individual? Should obedience be paid to the will of the state, or to the justice with which it conflicts? If loyalty is required, is it conditional; necessary only part of the time? And, given that the state and the individual will inevitably disagree on some issues, who suffers in the end? Through their writings, Plato and Sophocles outline two sides of this issue. In …

…in the society of the day. But, as both stories carry the themes of divine will, as often occurs in all Greek stories, all parties suffer and the understanding that all parties, even the state, will lose a battle with the gods. 2,477 words Bibliography WORKS CITED Sophocles. Antigone. Trans: Richard Emil Braun. New York City, NY. Oxford University Press. 1973. Barker, Sir Ernest. The Political Thought of Plato and Aristotle. New York, NY. Dover Publications, Inc. 1906.