In the Republic, Plato created a city to demonstrate the goodness that can come about in a society that lived by his moral and societal laws. Plato's argument was that if all citizens of the city upheld his moral ideals then there would be the greatest pleasure for every citizen; pleasure that surpasses the vulgar pleasures of tyrannies, oligarchies, democracies, etc. Plato deemed that the ruler of this city would be the Philosopher King, a man who would take his people out of the cave and show them the sun, the metaphor for the True and Ultimate Good. Plato said that this True and Ultimate Good would allow us to understand the truth and align ourselves with it, creating the ultimate moral society. Plato, however, never seemed to take into consideration how the Philosopher King would recognize the True and Ultimate Good once he found it. The man...