Socrates and other philosophers argue the nature of the good city. And they also try to find the nature of a bad city to know whether a man living in a good city is happiest or a man living in a bad city is not.
Socrates points out four constitutions as a example for a bad city. One is Cretan or Laconian constitution. The second is oligarchy. Next is democracy. And tyranny is the fourth. They try to seek human character in each constitution because there must be as many oforms of human character as there are of constitutions. Every conversation in the book is intended to clearfy the meaning of justice and whether people who has it can really lead happiest life or not.
Misaki
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