cialist point of view. He outlines the guardian’s job as to see that the Third Class, which alone is allowed to posses property, excludes extremes in wealth. He believed extremes in wealth lead to corruption. In the first few lines of the chapter he asks, “Well, do you think that potter who has become rich will want to ply his trade any longer.” He doesn’t believe that people should have the ability to move up in the world. He believes the potter was good at making pots, in fact he was born to make pots, so heavens forbid he should one day want to make enough money to retire and move to the sunny beaches of Miami one day. Well-maybe not Miami.Part five was like a joke to me. His philosophy on building the perfect city just does not make sense. Maybe because this was written a few thousand years ago. We have seen socialist governments, like the one he so eloquently describes, rise and fall in the twentieth century. He believes the state will possess the four ‘cardinal virtues’ of wisdom, courage, discipline, and justice. Wisdom will come from the knowledge possessed by the rulers. Courage will come from the guardsmen, self-discipline will come from the ability of all the classes being able to live together, and justice will be the principle of one man one job, of ‘minding one’s own business’, in the sense of doing the job for which one is naturally fitted. ...
