Plato philosophizes that justice is catalyst for a just city. ... The advantage Plato attributes to justice is that it is health for the soul (P.265). ... Why not be unjust and manipulate those who are just, and therefore weaker? ... By analyzing Plato's "cave" allegory and the four stages of cognition, it becomes clear why Plato focuses on defining justice on a basic level. ... That is the basic definition Plato uses to educate the mass unenlightened audience. ...

• Word Count: 1892
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The book is actually an in-depth recording of a philosophy contest between Plato's teacher Socrates and several other great philosophers. ... Glaucon's brother, Adeimantus, backs up his brother's speech by stating that an unjust man with a deceivably just reputation(which is almost always the trait of the perfectly unjust man) is also better than the just man. ... Therefore, if the following is considered true, then unjust men leads to more unjust men, and then what would happen if unjust men ruled the world. ... So therefore in the end, unjust men would lose. ... Unjust men, ...

• Word Count: 1739
• Approx Pages: 7