Plato's ideal state is based on justice. ... In Plato's Republic is the question about the ideal state. ... Wisdom resides in the head of the human body and belongs to the rational part of the soul, with the interest nothing more than knowledge. [16] The virtue of prudence is itself the ruling class, which must be endowed with good judgment . ... Justice is for each man to deal only with the issues themselves, without intervening at all in others, mean that everyone does so in virtue have to do (that peasants and artisans work in the production, the guardians safeguard the freedom a...

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In the first book of Plato's The Republic the topic being discussed is "what is justice for the individual?... Plato's aim throughout this discussion is to understand social and political solidity on a basis of moral resolutions that every man should live by. ... Socrates' philosophy is about asking questions and finding the answers through rational inquiry, discovering inevitable missteps along the way. ...

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