Socrates says “Just man is wise and good while unjust men is unlearned and bad.” 350b. This gives of much of the intent to implement laws to people for a good city to be formed. People …show more content…
He is the perpetrator of the question being brought up. The book has debates going on between, Thrasymachus, Cephalus, Adeimantus, Polemarchus, Glaucon and Socrates himself. Socrates tries to challenge others thinking and some question him back. Socrates himself comes with his own conclusion, in which along with other of his friends they combine it with political idealism. In Plato’s Republic you can see both arguments of what an ideal city is in correlation to political idealism.
In the beginning of the book, Plato’s Republic it starts off with Socrates being in prison. Socrates is known to be a philosopher and that is something that people do not like. The rulers do not want Socrates to spread his knowledge on to other civilians. It goes back to the talk that Socrates has with his colleagues about their thought of justice. Is it better to be just or unjust? The first part of the book is a conversation of three regarding that topic.
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Each person gives their understanding of what a just city is for them. Socrates at the end works with the others to form a city that will be governed by the philosopher king and the city over all will be successful enough in which each rank of class formed will obey the rules of living. Everyone has a mixture of good and bad but to make a good city rules have to be implemented and followed by everyone. Socrates mixes the idea of a just city with the good and bad of each