The City Of Pigs In Plato's Republic

In the book of Republic, Socrates talk about two different cities name city of pigs and city of luxury. Socrates believed that the city of pigs was “the true city and the healthy city. But, as the story went on we found that it was another city called the city of luxury which people from the city of pigs believe was exactly the same as the city of pigs. I think that the city of pigs is the best city because it’s a healthy a society in which everyone shares the work according to ability and the modest sustenance it provides. The people are not greedy or jealous, taking joy or sorrow in the successes or failures of their collective enterprises.

The city of pigs is a healthy a society in which everyone shares the work according to ability and the modest sustenance it provides. The people are not greedy or envious, taking joy or sadness in the successes or failures of their collective enterprises. The city have no fancy spices, on the other hand they have honey for sweetness, and wine and conversation for their entertainment. In this way, they live at peace with themselves, protected from covetous invaders by …show more content…
Unlike the city of pigs everyone is not sharing, loving and Just (based on or behaving according to what is morally right and fair). In the book Socrates points out that the luxurious city will require an army to guard the city because of all the goods and wealth that the city have which means that the will be going to war the city will not be a peaceful city like the city of pigs. In the city of pigs we see that they have nothing that people would want to fight them for. In the city of luxury