Thenletusnowproceedtodescribetheinferiorsortofnatures，beingthecontentiousandambitious，whoanswertotheSpartanpolity；
alsotheoligarchical，democratical，andtyrannical。Letusplacethemostjustbythesideofthemostunjust，andwhenweseethemweshallbeabletocomparetherelativehappinessorunhappinessofhimwholeadsalifeofpurejusticeorpureinjustice。Theenquirywillthenbecompleted。Andweshallknowwhetherweoughttopursueinjustice，asThrasymachusadvises，orinaccordancewiththeconclusionsoftheargumenttopreferjustice。
Certainly，hereplied，wemustdoasyousay。
Shallwefollowouroldplan，whichweadoptedwithaviewtoclearness，oftakingtheStatefirstandthenproceedingtotheindividual，andbeginwiththegovernmentofhonour？——Iknowofnonameforsuchagovernmentotherthantimocracy，orperhapstimarchy。Wewillcomparewiththisthelikecharacterintheindividual；and，afterthat，consideroligarchicalman；andthenagainwewillturnourattentiontodemocracyandthedemocraticalman；
andlastly，wewillgoandviewthecityoftyranny，andoncemoretakealookintothetyrant’ssoul，andtrytoarriveatasatisfactorydecision。