Plato and the Republic: A Diametrically Opposed View

It looks at first sight as if Plato and the Republic is giving a diametrically opposed view to what Thomas Hobbes does in such works as Leviathan and Deiki. I'm actually going to say that in fact that's a deceptive first impression and in fact Socrates and Hobbes end up getting rather closer to each other. You don't accept the traditional view. I don't think they're reading the Republic carefully enough. The problem is not that aggressiveness is innate in the human psyche. If you look very carefully, says Socrates, at what causes aggression between humans, you'll see that it's because of certain desires which are innate. So by the introduction of classes with philosopher kings at