In Plato's Republic, Plato examines the question: "what is justice?" Plato's ambition is to demonstrate that justice (or "virtue") is worthy for its own sake. In order to prove his theory, Plato primarily deals with social - political justice and then he develops from it the individual justice. Socrates was the teacher of Plato; therefore Plato uses Socrates as the philosopher in The Republic. Some of the ideas brought in the book might have been …showed first 75 words of 1581 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1581 total…it only when he has good enough arguments, which are brought in this part. Plato argues that similar to within a contest, the just beats the unjust: "Well the just man has beaten the unjust in two successive rounds; now for the third... a fall in this final round should settle the matter." Socrates continues with the comparison between the tyrant and the philosopher and proves the just is worthier in all aspects of living.