ABSTRACT
The aim of this paper is to investigate the justification for the contract in the early history of the Greek political thought, focusing on the statute of the agreement (συντίθηµι) in book II of Plato's "Republic". It is intended to evaluate how Glaucon presents the contractualism of the majority of people in connection with Thrasymachus's thesis that the fair is what's advantageous for the strongest and in connection with the values that lead people to admit the necessity of the contract because of fear that they have about what could be considered as the greatest evil: suffering injustice and being unable to take revenge while they abdicate what they see as the greatest good: doing injustice without being punished.
Keywords
Agreement; Justice; Values; Glaucon; "Republic"