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Socrates Political Proposals

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Presenting ideas from justice to a new form of a city, his proposals are not practical and something that everyone can have. Socrates’ political proposals explored the possibilities of changing the views of other and change their knowledge about how to live their life. Socrates present many great ideas that are can possess great potential to change the mind of others. These possibilities could have not turned into something in the world, they were just ideas that were perceived to have the chance to change thought of people. Socrates was not serious about his political proposals because they are not unrealistic. Socrates present his city as the best outcome for the people as this will lead to become just. The city provides numerous ideas into …show more content…

Socrates presented justice as a way for a better life through the steps that can take someone there. He mentioned the steps as wisdom, courage, and moderation. He stated that these things will lead to justice, however he did not define what justice is. Socrates might have never known himself and wasn’t serious about defining the word. They stat that “after having considered moderation, courage, and prudence, this is what’s left over in the city, justice” (Bloom 111; 433c). Also through the conversation he had with Glaucon and Adeimantus, they both accept Socrates’ assumptions about the nature and aids of justice at the end of Book IV. Which this turn meant they never responded to the argument and ignore they cue to refute Socrates’ claim on justice which can cause the argument to be misleading because of their absence in questioning his argument. Their failure to questions Socrates’ assumption may have contain some drawback to their search of such justice. Socrates’ attempts to define the word justice it meet with a roadblock because they it is not possible to obtain through such needs. However, he may have mentioned the step to obtaining such justice, but evidently they can also downfall back to where they started form. Socrates had the concept of justice, but possibly no one can obtain such

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