At the same time they lack the privilege of privacy and private property ownership accorded to all other classes. The auxiliary class enjoys both power as well as the ability to lead normal lives. However, they must consistently thrust themselves into danger with the knowledge that they face untimely death at any moment's notice. The worker class must live and die by the word and law of the guardian class, but they also do not have the burden of responsibility or concerns for their own safety. Of all the classes they are privileged with the most privacy and freedom within their world. As a result, each of these classes has their own happiness and sadness. The decision of which class lives the happiest lives is a completely subjective decision based on each individual's happiness. It is evident that Plato's intent is that social cohesion has the implicit affect of drawing the individuals who would...
As a result, each individual will be happy with their positions because they gravitate to the positions in which their ability and virtue fits most perfectly. From a personal perspective, I believe that the class which enjoys the most happiness is the worker class, because they lack responsibilities and obligations, and thus can live for their own pleasures and experience life without the burdens associated with having duty. Plato's class system has many flaws; however his vision of a society ruled by a "philosopher king" is an idealistic and wholly original vision. Although later philosophers, including Plato's student Aristotle, found many faults in Plato's vision, his class system still is an exceptionally original work of ethics and political thought. It is the evident foundation for modern political and social philosophy.
