On top of that, since they all believe that these kinds of questions really deserve a lifetime of investigation, taking more time right now is not a big deal for them.
The others remind Socrates that they are there to discover the truth.He says he intentionally avoided them earlier because he knew how tricky and complicated they would be. Socrates says that they've brought up some big topics.Moreover, before Socrates starts talking about the bad kinds of government, they want to know about other aspects of this good republic they've just created: they want to know how children are raised, and they want to know about the role of women.It turns out that Polemarchus wants to hear more about something Socrates brought up earlier only in passing, which was the concept that friends have all things in common.
Socrates is about to describe these forms and explain what he means when Polemarchus gets up, pulls his cloak over himself, and begins whispering to the other listeners.Socrates says that he believes this one form is a good kind of city, while there remain four kinds of bad cities.
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