Plato's Republic Books Five Six Author:Plato The quest for justice that has guided the dialogue from the beginning now shifts to the search for an even more encompassing quality-goodness. But what is the nature of goodness? Can human beings know it and teach it to others? How can it be manifested in the republic? To answer such questions requires a genuine lover of wisdom. How can such pe... more »ople be distinguished from those who simply pretend to know?« less