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  • Essay / The Just Man in Plato's Republic - 825

    They are more likely to manipulate people to achieve power and gain control. A person who wishes to gain power from a communist leader usually has people who owe them political favors, people to manipulate, and illegal forms of persuasion. Not only do communist leaders use unjust means to gain power, but some United States presidents also use unjust means to obtain political power or even maintain it. Both President Nixon and President Clinton experienced presidential scandals during their elections and neither was impeached. One of them, in order to maintain his “good reputation”, resigned from his post as president. Unjust people have their way of manipulating people to get what they want, without caring who they hurt in the process. Although Socrates referred to humans as unjust and just or philosophers and tyrants, he does not really create a true classification for humans. His classifications could be useful for identifying behaviors, but do not provide enough evidence to be used as true classifications. Although Socrates states that a person cannot achieve full happiness until they find their soul, happiness is defined differently in each human being. Even people we may consider unjust have their own definition of