Plato's Theory Part 2

In my previous post regarding Plato's theory, I revealed the first part of his theory. In review, I basically spoke about how Plato felt the soul is the essence of humans. The soul is independent, however it requires the help of three parts: emotion, reason, and appetite. This may have helped Plato form the second part of his theory. Plato believed that there are five distinct regimes that were mainly used to classify types of societies or governments, but it could also be used to describe people. They are Aristocracy also known as Kingship, Timocracy, Oligarchy, Democracy and Tyranny. Each of these categories describe what a person's main focus on life is. Aristocracy is that life is quest for knowledge. A person with an Aristocratic personality is like a philosopher. It is a person who if put in power, would not abuse the power he beholds. Instead, he or she would use it to help out all citizens. These kind of people are able to use their love for knowledge to make their desire for good come true. Next, Timocracy is the belief that life is a quest for honor and fame. These type of people tend to be interested in activities involving money. They also are typically obedient towards authority. Following Timocracy is Oligarchy which is the view that life is the quest of money and material wealth. After this comes Democracy which is the belief that life is the journey of short-time pleasure. Finally, Tyranny is that life is the journey of safety and survival. Overall, these five different categories are a part of the human soul. It's just that these are not all in equal amounts. The ones that are a bigger part will give a bigger influence in which it will affect the opinions and interests we have.
Personally, out of all of these five categories, I believe in Aristocracy. I feel that knowledge really is power. If a person has knowledge, they can achieve anything. In society today, people with an associates degree get paid less than people that have a doctorate degree. By being paid more, they can buy whatever they want. Whatever the person buys can be for a short-time pleasure. A person who is knowledgeable in any topic will be respected. More people will listen to them compared to a person who barely knows anything about the given topic. Their honor and fame is automatically given to them. While, safety and survival tips and tricks can be learned from books, computer, or even other people. By learning such things, the life expectancy of a person can be higher. I have realized that even though I believe in knowledge being the quest of life, I also have small beliefs in the other categories too. All these categories appear to be dependent among each other.

The Five Types