t education is central to the ideas of Socrates and his imaginary polis. From the formation of the warrior class to the making of just and fair rulers, education helps to create a city in which each person does what they are good at and executes it for the common good. Thrasymachus, a key player in Socrates debates and a known sophist, is completely at odds with Socrates idea of becoming educated in order to participate in city life to the best of ones capabilities. Thrasymachus views education as a means of gathering personal power. Knowledge is power and justice is the advantage of the stronger or more powerful; therefore one can get ahead in life by becoming better educated than those who surround him. This idea however has no place in Socrates ideal city, where private property, nuclear families and classes based on wealth have been abolished. Education is key to the survival of this communized polis, ordering it naturally and keeping its citizens content and governed justly....
