Part 1 of Essay
I. The Virtues In Robin Waterfield's translation of The Republic,Socrates attempts to give a definition of justice. At the end of Book II he began a detailed description of the construction of a good city. The good city is a relation to the human soul, and its four virtues. In the following paper I will discuss the vir ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... the community becomes one. The first virtue to be discussed is prudence. Prudence, also known as wisdom, is found in the rulers. "The people who have it are those rulers…" (428d) In order to have wisdom one must be resourceful, in which he/she has obtained knowledge. Plato says, "… resourcefulness is obviously a kind of knowledge… it's not ignorance which makes people resourceful; it's knowledge." (428b) The second virtue is courage, which is found in the military section of the community. Courage is ....