Lakhasly

o Strong men are not motivated simply by a desire to exploit their strength.A strong man or ruler is a sort of craftsman, skilled in the art of government, and this art, like the art of the physician or the ship's captain, must, to achieve its ends, care for the welfare of those who constitute its raw material,

o Just as the physician tries to treat his patients successfully and the ship's captain tries to sail his ship with skill, so, Socrates argues, the ruler inevitably cares for the good of his subjects and will not therefore be interested solely in dominating them.

• Strong men are not motivated simply by a desire to exploit their strength.

A strong man or ruler is a sort of craftsman, skilled in the art of government, and this art, like the art of the physician or the ship's captain, must, to achieve its ends, care for the welfare of those who constitute its raw material,

• Just as the physician tries to treat his patients successfully and the ship's captain tries to sail his ship with skill, so, Socrates argues, the ruler inevitably cares for the good of his subjects and will not therefore be interested solely in dominating them. As Socrates puts it, (No form of skill or authority provides for its benefit, it always studies and prescribes what is good for its subject-the interest of the weaker party.

• Socrates also compares the art of governing to the tuning of a musical instrument and argues that just as the musician will fail to tune his Instrument properly if he goes beyond a certain pitch, so the ruler can pass beyond the limit which will give him the maximum power which he is capable of achieving.

• Socrates argues that everything has a proper and characteristic function, that function being the work 'for which that thing is the only instrument or the best