e three properties. Since both the kallipolis and the human soul are made up of the same three attributes, it is certain that justice in the city must relate to justice of the human soul. In the city, justice is defined as each class doing what it is best suited for. Hence, in the human soul, justice must consist of each part of the mind doing only what it is best suited for and not interfering with the other sections.Now we are best suited to take on the question at hand, do you think such reliance on lying contradicts Socrates' conception of justice? It is clear that the Myth of the Metals does not at all contradict what Socrates feels justice is. Justice is the separation of the different parts of the human mind, each doing what it is best suited for. The Myth of Metals does not contradict this definition at all. It in fact shows that the rational part of the brain is doing its job in making a just society. It is even argued earlier in the book, something that is good cannot make something less good. The example given is a musician. Can a musician, through tutoring or teaching a pupil, make that pupil a lesser musician (335c)? The same question can be restated, can someone who creates music that is kind to the ear, be non-musical? Of course not. It is the same with the myth. Can a lie that is meant to create justice, be unjust? The answer remains no.In order for Socrates to create, to his satisfaction, justice in the kallipolis, he devised the Myth of the Metals. This would make everyone content in being in their place in society so that they would not intertwine with the other classes. After creating this, he discovers what civic justice is and later converts this to justice in the human. It is evidently clear that in no way does the Myth of the Metals contradict the definition of justice that Socrates gives in The Republic....
