Plato

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within the kallipolis accompany a chief characteristic. The rulers were considered to have wisdom as their virtue. People chosen to be a ruler exhibited a special knowledge for leading the state. In the kallipolis rulers make their judgment for the happiness of the state as opposed to their own individual happiness. "Is there some knowledge possessed by some of the citizens in the city… that does not judge about any particular matter but the city as a whole and the maintenance of good relations both internally and with other cities?"(pg.104,428d) The next virtue, discovers through the Socratic method, was courage. "This power to preserve through everything correct and law-inculcated belief about what is to be feared and what isn't is what I call courage."(105,430b) This virtue resided mainly in the guardians. Each soldier was trained from their childhood about what to fear and what not to fear. Courage was apparent in the soldier’s beliefs in the state ...

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defined justice as a function of wisdom, courage, and moderation all working together to produce the best for the state. Justice was considered as the harmony of the city as well as an individual.
Socrates felt that through examining the state and its parts he could discover justice in the individual. Each individual was as the state, with three different parts:
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mind, body, and spirit. The mind acted in each individual as a ruler. The virtue of the mind was wisdom just as the ruler of the state. Courage is also found in the soul of the individual in the form of the spirit. The spirit acts as the guardian of the soul just as the soldier does for the city. "And isn't ...

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