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first chapter is complete. It’s overarching theme was set on the difference between justice and injustice in life and how it correspond to human nature and thinking

“The just man does not compete with his like, but only his unlike, while the unjust man competes with both like and unlike.”

“That was why I said just now that no one really wants authority and with it the job of writing other people‘s wrongs, unless he is paid for it; because in the exercise of his professional skill if he does his job properly, he never does or orders what is best for himself, but only what is best for his subject”

Currently in the foreword, discussing the various historical backgrounds behind Plato’s work, life, and instruction that led to the writing of the Republic. The books primary focus is on maturity and the balance of democracy, oligarchy, and tyranny.