Many have struggled to answer the question: "What is justice?" In The
             Republic, Plato strives to do just that, using the conversations between
             several characters in order to search for the true meaning of justice
             within an individual. What truly makes a person "just?" Through an analysis
             of justice at both a political level as well as the individual level, Plato
             comes to define justice as that which contains three main factors: wisdom,
             courage, and moderation, through his descriptions of the "just" individual
             as well as the "just" city, and how the definitions of the two are
             intertwined. Adding to this is the problem of Socrates having to remain
             faithful to the Socratic method, utilizing arguments which are made with
             reason, rather than rhetoric or emotion. One problem with this is in the
             three methods he uses to nail the point home, applying three methods which
             he would typically not approve of: a lie, an allegory, and then a myth. For
             someone who abhors manipulation of an audience, Socrates certainly seems to
             do it often in his own responses. In the end, I can come to agree with
             Socrates, that this "just" city is very much unattainable, that the only
             true value that can be fully practiced is that of moderation, and its
             importance to individuals. Through the idea of moderation, Socrates is at
             least able to attempt to push society further in the direction of justice,
             even if the Utopian "just" city is unattainable.
             In defining justice, Plato strayed from a definition bound by a set of
             behavioral rules, as many other philosophers have attempted to do. Instead,
             Plato defines justice as structure, with political justice residing in the
             city, and individual justice residing in the soul. The "just" city is based
             on specialization, a structural system composed of three tiers, or classes,
             of citizens. In the city of Calli...