Socrates and the Just City

Much of the discussion that Socrates participates in in Plato’s works has to do with a particular issue. Namely, this issue is that of the organized state and the men within it, and, ultimately, in the way that these two things can be considered to be just or good. He claims both the just city and the just man’s soul to be composed of certain elements. This paper will discuss these elements, and the way they act in accordance with one another, and the ultimate definition of justice as Plato’s Socrates deemed it.
Socrates discusses a theoretical city when setting up a framework to hold as example, and we are told to assume that this city is perfectly good. As it is so, a plainly good city, then it should have four particular qualities. Namely, these are that it should be wise, courageous, moderate and just. As these four seem to be assumed to all be a part of this city, since it is assumed to be good itself, then if one should find the first three qualities, it can infer of the i...