Being just or unjust. To be happy or unhappy? Men fall into these two categories. Why does a man act according to these 2 extremes? Is it because they fear punishment? Do they tremble in fear of divine punishment? Or do men do right things because it is good for them to do so? Is justice good with its rewards and consequences? Or it's good for itself. What is justice? Are just people as happy as unjust ones? Plato sheds light on these questions and says yes, I have the definition of justice and yes, just people are as happy if not happier than unjust people. Plato demonstrates that justice is valid in itself and that being a just person is equivalent to being a happy person. In my opinion Plato does a good job and is accurate in explaining what it means to be just and this definition is an adequate solution to fixing an unjust person or an unjust city or anything that has an unjust virtue and using the definition of what justice is This accurately explains why just people are happier than unjust ones. According to Plato, justice is harmony (book 4, 434c) and justice is that each party does its own job and does not interfere with each other. These two definitions of justice do not explain well what justice is in full. Plato compares justice in a soul and justice in a city, the city of Kalipolis. Plato criticizes what justice is, the parts in the soul and the parts in the city of Kalipolis. The soul is divided into three parts by Plato, the appetitive, lively element and the rational one. Appetite is the part that, in vague terms, is our desires, our hunger, our thirst in a certain sense. The rational part of our soul controls the appetites. The rational part is the part of the soul that makes decisions... middle of paper... activity or modesty leads to insecurity. This is related to Plato's argument because it is a good example of appetites not controlled by rationality. All these positive traits, left uncontrolled by rationality, become self-destructive qualities. If you are self-destructive you are not happy. But by using Plato's guidelines or definition for a just soul or a just person, this transformation of seemingly good virtue into vice can be prevented. Plato states that being a righteous person ultimately leads to being a happy person. By giving the definition of what it means to be right, it gives the definition of what it means to be happy. Plato demonstrates through the definitions of the just being that he has given us the key to happiness. Through rationality and harmony we can achieve happiness. The definition itself is a solution to becoming happy. And I thank Plato, for showing me the light.