Another Approach In Plato's Republic, Socrates argues that a perfect state is one that is just and made of truly just men. The key to his Republic is that the perfect justice is the Form of Justice, attained by a long process of philosophic study. In order for this Republic to be perfectly ruled, those who rule it must be well versed in the Form of Justice, so that human vice will not corrupt their …showed first 75 words of 1248 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1248 total…Next, that belief system is challenged by outside forces, but since it is made from the perfect Forms of understanding, there is no reason for her to change her beliefs and through contact with those who have opposite views, she is able to reason through why she holds beliefs as she does. Only after all of this may she enter the dialectic and observe the Forms themselves that structured her beliefs in the first place.