Book Four of the Republic by J K Roling

In book four of the republic, we finally encounter the holy grail, so to speak, that socrates has been after in this whole discussion. The definition of justice depends on a theory of psychology that socrates puts which in turn ties in with the myth of medals from the previous book. Scholars to day who work on ancient philosophy don't think this is really socrates's definition of justice and his theory of the soul. They think these are plato's definition and his theory. It's in that final section that we're gong to bring harry potter back into the conversation as well as freud and other thinkers to see how plato's theory measures against modern conceptions of