Kaleb Stuart js2286 Social and political philosophyIntermediate question 1: The role of virtue in Plato's Republic is to give structure to the ideal state. This is because it is argued that man, left to his own beliefs and outwardly just, will give in to the temptation to be unjust when it benefits him and when he is certain that he will not be caught. In book IV Plato, through Socrates as a character, discusses the virtues that make up this ideal state, they are wisdom, courage, temperance and justice. Wisdom, courage and temperance are correlated one by one with the three classes that make up the State. Wisdom is an attribute of the Guardian class, Courage is an attribute assigned to the Warrior class and Temperance to the Craftsman class. The class structure resembles a triangle divided into three sections where the smallest number of members of the ideal state belong at the top. Guardian class. The second section has more members than the top but fewer than the base; this class belongs to Warriors. The last class includes the largest number of members and is reserved for Craftsmen. People who, by their nature, have the ability to acquire knowledge and understand the consequences of decisions made regarding the State. With this knowledge, these people possess the virtue of wisdom. Plato as Socrates discusses the difference between knowledge and wisdom. He says: “There is the knowledge of the carpenter; but is this the kind of knowledge that gives a city the title of wise and good counsel? Then he says, “Then a city need not be called wise because it possesses knowledge that recommends the best for wooden instruments.” The warrior class includes members who, no matter the circumstances, their courage cannot waver. Socrates, in the... center of the card... n's rule is that people must obey and not rebel. Interestingly, Hobbes attributes Leviathan's authority as bestowed by the people, yet states that the people have no right to overthrow a ruler who no longer upholds the laws of nature outlined by Hobbes himself. Even if man by the state of nature is violent, mean and selfish, why should people be beholden to a ruler who no longer serves his direct purpose of fulfilling the social contract? Locke would completely disagree with Hobbes on a sovereign's right to energy. Locke says: "There is another way in which such a government can be dissolved, namely: when he who has the supreme executive power neglects and abandons that duty, so that the laws already made can no longer be put into execution ; this means demonstrably reducing everything to anarchy and thus effectively dissolving the government."