Plato believed that the way the Republic was structured, that it was crafted in such a way that so called “Philosopher Kings” were required to rule, as they had the ability to think to higher standard that others. Plato mentions this in his ideas of “Utopia”, which only an idea rather than an actual theory. Plato’s main aims for this was to improve the already existing Athenian democracy which at the time was growing more destabilized. Plato believed the current leaders at the time to be incompetent, Plato believed that having philosophers rule would be a step closer to achieving the Kallipolis, meaning beautiful city in Greek. Plato believed in educating the people, and his ideas were totally different to the already established Athenian democracy. …show more content…
The appetitive relates to the needs and desires of the citizens. The rational section evaluates the need or gains to be made from the desire, and the spirited section controls neutrality and reason. Plato believed that a combination of these three things in a person’s spirit would make their soul “pure”. Plato related the three parts of the soul to the class of the individual. The appetitive is related to the producers, the rational section is paired with the guardians and the spirited part relates to the “Philosopher Kings.” It is with this theory that Plato demonstrates why “Philosopher Kings” should be in …show more content…
Which brings the whole idea back to square one. Plato assumes the other two polis will simply accept the rule of the third polis, he has no answer to and has not considered this possibility, Aristotle was to later to criticize Plato on his theory as well. However just as Plato’s theories could arguably not work, it is also plausible for them to be possible and if so it would be more that possible for a Kalipolis society to