Socrates Response To Plato's Virtue

After Socrates explores the components of a just society, his reply to Glaucon is further explained by arguing for the soul’s division and also, more specifically, the account of the Tyrant. Plato has refuted each of Glaucon’s points in order to make Socrates reply more successful. The tyrannical man is the most unjustly man. He indulges in all his pleasures and sinks further into degeneracy (578a). Because of his desires and conflict to suffice his desires, he is left to resort to unjustly and immoral behavior (578c). Furthermore, Socrates also appeals to the rewards and consequences that one might find in the afterlife. Overall, Socrates description of the city being analogous to the individual soul, is what helps in making his reply successful. Plato’s reply though Socrates is the proposal to construct a city that will help determine what is justice in an individual case.
His arguments that lead to a just life as the best choice of life are reasonable. If the tyrant is unjust and lives an unhappy life, then it is not worth it. If there is an afterlife, it makes sense that unjust man will be miserable even in the afterlife. Plato is refuting each of the claims that Glaucon makes and that is partially successful. Plato resumes in comparing the just man and the unjust man. The just man is happier compared to the unjust man. Furthermore, after the long argument about the character of the tyrant (587b), Plato resumes the main argument and compares the just and unjust man. He mentions that there is appetite, spirited, and rational desires (437b -580d). These desires determine one’s character. There are three main points here. When Plato argues that fundamentally there are three different desires, I think this a reasonable argument to make the argument for justice