For those who have read Plato's "The Republic" what do you think about it? I would like to start a discussion about it.
There are somethings I don't understand clearly. There are other things that I thought were quite interesting to discuss, like the following;
In one part Plato says that rulers should not be look upon only for wealth, because that would be like giving the drive seat of a ship to someone that is rich but doesn't know how to sail the ship.
You understand what I mean?
So I start thinking... the country is the ship? Who is the sailor driving the ship (country)? Now days the admiral is not really he who sails the ship but who commands the ship. The admiral, as far as I know, tells the driver where to go and he does it. So what does that say about Plato's opinion?
I hope I'm making sense.