iosune", is defined by Plato as minding ones own business. Justice comes about when every person in the republic is doing what he or she is set to do. The shoemakers make only shoes, and the farmers only deal with agriculture. When everyone minds their own business and does what he or she does the work they are trained for, there will be no injustice. Justice is the trait that makes all the other virtues possible. Plato says that when wisdom, courage, and moderation have been obtained then the remaining has to be justice. He believes that each part of the soul works in conjunction with the others to form the utopian society that he is searching for. Each one of these virtues corresponds with a part of Platos "soul". Wisdom corresponds with the calculating and knowledgeable part of the soul. Courage goes to the spirited and opinionated sector of the soul. The virtue of moderation corresponds with the appetative and ignorant part of the soul. Plato believes that when each part of the soul does its exact job, then justice will be found. Nevertheless Plato believes that only the four virtues stated above are necessary. Plato does not necessarily have anything missing in his four virtues. He covers almost all the basics in defining the virtues. Although some of the more personal aspects are missing, Plato is on the right track. Love, sadness, happiness, and all other emotion are all factors of a balanced life. Plato is trying to establish a utopia, but is leaving out some key factors. Virtues are on more of a personal level, whereas he places them in the people of The Republic. In The Republic Plato only allows certain classes to be virtuous in one virtue. If all people in a society posses all of the virtues that Plato states, along with love and emotion, all the people of the society will have the same moral outlook on life. Therefore a balanced society will be obtained and everyone would be in harmony with each other. The four Platonic vir...
