Why Is Socrates Considered Unjust

The Republic Reflection

Socrates was a man of distinction and a man with strong ideas on how to make a more perfect society. Although a lot of his ideas conflict with his ability to be just or unjust it does not in his mind. Being just or unjust is a major topic in the book and there are many different ways of being both. Socrates used the terms, not necessarily the way we would normally use the term today, but parts of his depiction made sense. He said a lot of different things could be considered unjust. For example not doing what you were Destined to do or what you are best at is considered unjust in his mind. Socrates said “one man is naturally fitted for one task, and another for another.” I don’t believe this statement to be one holding any significance. If people
Socrates doesn’t really discus how he might go about finding these baby’s natural talent for anything. Maybe his plan is to determine them after finding out the direct interests of these infants as they age, categorizing them while they are growing as people. There lies a problem in that the influence of who is raising the child could sway his or hers talents. Surely if someone spends time with an infant some of their traits will rub off on them, for that is a baby’s time for learning and mimicking what they see. If they didn’t wait to eliminate and just categorize the babies from their initial traits, which there won’t be many, they may make a mistake in their categorization. For example a large baby doesn’t necessarily mean that that the same baby will in tern be a large adult. They might pick these large babies to be guardians and then when they grow up they might be men of small stature, most definitely not suited for fighting. On the other hand many of the decisions may never seem wrong because every one has the ability to learn and perform well at different