Socrates Parallel To The City Analysis

Socrates argues that parallel to the city he had created a just person is comprised of three parts. Justice in the individual, as in the city, involves the correct power relationship among parts, with each part occupying its appropriate role. rational part of the soul that lusts after truth, a spirited part of the soul that lusts after honor, and an appetitive part of the soul that lusts after everything else. In his extended metaphor the appetite is represented by the lower consuming class , the spirited honor-seeking class is represented by the auxiliaries, and lastly the truth seeking portion represented by the guarding class. Just relations between the three parts of the soul mirror just relations among the classes of society. In a just