According to the “Noble Lie” (414c) all citizens have gold, silver, or bronze souls and this determines their rank in the city.

A lottery system that assigns a sexual partner by chance would make incest possible.

In the original city, there is no peace and a lack of stability.

According to Plato, if a man is 90 years old and has a severe case of Alzheimer’s and diabetes whereby it costs $8,000 per month to keep him alive this is not reasonable.

According to Thrasymachus, justice is whatever is advantageous to the ruler.

If the city of West Palm Beach informs you that the water is not safe to drink (but you are really thirsty and crave tap water) then Socrates would say that you do and you don’t want to drink city water.

According to Socrates, the just city has three parts while the just person actually has four parts.

Cephalus does not like being old because of his loss of libido and sexual function.

In the Republic, the ruler of the just city is a philosopher.

Glaucon has less potential for becoming a philosopher than Cephalus.