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Why does Socrates argues that “unless kings become philosophers or philosophers kings, there is no rest from the ills of the city,”

what does Socrates when he says “unless kings become philosophers or philosophers kings, there is no rest from the ills of the city,”?
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The argument in the Republic is an argument by analogy. The rulers of the city are analogous to the reasoning faculty in man. Socrates argues that disharmony exists in the appetite, drives and spirit of man, and we must use our reason to regulate these lower faculties. He sees the city as similar, whereby the lower classes (bronze and silver souls) must be regulated and educated by the upper class (the guardians). Just as in the mind, if reason does not regulate through wisdom, there will be no harmony.