The analogies described within the Republic could be seen as the tools that Socrates utilized in order to prove to Glaucon how the philosopher indeed lives the most fulfilled and pleasurable life in comparison to those who live unjustly. The intrinsic nature of revelation and enlightenment to philosophers apart from those individuals only consumed with the bodily pleasures is the central aspect of Socrates’ argument in favor of justice. To begin, let us briefly skim through the three analogies, after which I will correlate them to Plato’s theory of the Forms and his belief of the importance of education.

The “analogy of the sun” for example, was used to respond to Glaucon’s challenge to Socrates to define goodness. Unable to give a direct definition of such a loaded concept, Socrates ventured to instead identify what he referred to as the “child of Goodness”, which in his conjecture pertained to the sun. According to Socrates, the sun has the ability to give illumination, allowing us to see and to be seen with the eyes. That being said, in the same way the sun gives visibility to physical objects, the “concept of good

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