He desires a flawless form of governance, where philosophers rule, free from the bonds of worldly pleasure, there is no slavery, no disparity, and the rulers control reproduction to achieve the ultimate prototypical neighbourhood on the basis of breeding classifications. Though noble in the quest for an ideal state of human affairs, I cannot digest with ease the irony that glares from the discourse of Plato’s protagonist. He wants justice, but gives it in the hands of a few men, he wants happiness, but snatches away human ability to control it’s own destiny.
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