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Socrates Vs Plato

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Plato saw that the best way to rule a city was to have a just ruler who worked to keep all citizens doing their jobs. Plato defines morality, or being just, as being aware of your specific function in society and sticking to your pre-ordained path. Justice is every part of the soul doing what it is supposed to do, without meddling with other parts. A city is considered just when the rulers rule over the producers with the help of the auxiliaries, and a soul is considered just when reason rules over the appetites with the help of the spirit. This is a good state to be in if one wants to be a ruler, since a just person is “polite and innocent,” while an unjust person is rude and guilty (349b). Apart from saying that a just person is better and

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