of a Republic and a division in power structure. A timocratic man would be self-assertive thirsty for honors. An oligarchy comes from a deterioration of a timocracy and the accumulation of wealth. An oligarchic man would be money-hungry and would measure everything in terms of profit. A democracy comes from a deterioration of an oligarchy and the loss of money of men who must create a society without political role. It is charming with variety and chaos. The democratic man would have freedom and style confused with disorder and arrogance. A tyranny comes from the deterioration of a democracy and is extreme pursuit of pleasure and freedom from restraint. It begins with selection of a tyrant and ends in slavery. Book IX is reserved to describe the tyrannical man. A tyrannical man has madness governing his soul and cannot control his appetites. He does evils on others, yet they are nothing to the evils he is doing to himself. Since the tyrannical state is enslaved by a miserable tyrant, That tyrant is enslaved himself. The tyrant is removed from pleasure because he is removed from reality and a philosopher-king is closest to these pleasures. Socrates brings up a point that Thrasymachus made in the beginning that the best kind of life is to practice injustice, yet to appear to be just. Socrates argues this point by concluding that the best kind of life preserves health and harmony of the soul and injustice does not do this. In Book X, Socrates discusses imitation, criticism of the arts, rewards and the after-life. He says that imitation is the lowest form of creation and far from reality. Therefore, poetry is unreal and it is not only an imitation, but an imitation of an imitation. Socrates then discusses the rewards for justice, which would be a healthy and true soul. However, these rewards must not be sought for any reason. A man must be just because he chooses to be. Book X and the Republic end with the Myth of Er. It starts with judges...
