Plato's argument of 'Philosophical life as the Best form of life'

Plato’s argument of “Philosophical life as the Best form of life”
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The philosophical meaning of life concerns such questions as the significance of life. Plato argued that the meaning of life lay in the optimal attainment of knowledge. Just like previous predecessors, Plato believed that this knowledge was in the form of the good. Just and good things derive their utility and value from the good in them. This good exists in terms of justice. Plato referred to justice as the social virtues that exist in any society. To locate these social virtues, he proposes the use of an ‘elimination method’ (Plato, 428B- 445E). The fact that the society is ideal necessitates the presence of standard virtues. They include courage, moderation, wisdom and justice, and they must be present in any society. Being the principal form of knowledge that composed of the meaning of life according to philosophers, Plato argued that justice is the possession of one’s own and the process of performing one’s own tasks (Plato, 433E- 434A). Plato, in book 7, 8 and 9, brings out the relationship between the society and psyche (the various types of injustice in the society or among people). According to his argument, the two have a parallel relationship.
. Plato holds that there are three kinds of lives; the philosophical life, the glory hound life and the money making life. Given a choice between the three, Plato holds that to determine the best way of life between the three there are two ways of going about it (Plato 580d–583a). A person can live a portion of each life, whereby he or she makes decision foe himself/ herself. The second option is the use of one’s powers of imagination, empathy and probing discussion to strategically imagine ourselves in each of the three lives. In so doing, Plato holds that for the second option to succeed, one must accept that the best life is the philosophical life.
The philosopher, unlike the money maker, or th...