He who is richest is content with the least. I agree with this quote because it proves why poor people can be happier than rich people. Because I cant find anything to disagree with him over, I am going to quote him again. Socrates said that there is only one good, knowledge, and only one evil, ignorance. I think that if you are knowledgeable, than it is easier to be good, but I don’t think that being ignorance makes you evil. everyone is ignorant about much more than they are knowledgeable about. So if Socrates is right, than it would mean that all humans are much more evil than they are good.



To Plato, Justice is when the lowest class respects the next class up and happily does what ever they are told. This ladder continues up to the guardians, the people who run the state with wisdom.



Platos ideal republic is when Everyone happily does what people in a higher class tell them to do. at the bottom are the strong who do all of the dirty work. above them are the brave who are the policemen and the army. above the strong are the smart who rule the government.

The only positive that i could find, was that woman were probably treated equally to men. However, there were some problems with Platos idea. Plato came up with this idea from the perspective of an aristocrat, someone who would end up at the top of his social pyramid. He makes it sound like everyone is treated equally and is only judged on how smart, brave, or strong they are. Really, i think that people were born into poverty and so even if they were smart, they never found out because they never got an education.



My ideal state today is basically America minus, the housing market, inflation, rising unemployment, and the government bailouts. i think that it is great that Basically everyone is treated equally. Although having more money does help, kids everywhere have a free education. there is no socail status that puts woman and foreigners below others. Barack Obama and Joe Biden have shown that no matter your race or backround, pretty much everyone can become a ruler. My ideal state would be a democracy, also like America.