Summary of Plato's divided line and ethics. Part 3

Plato was an obviously bright man who understood society's major downfalls are conformity and mass hysteria. He expressed a view that suggested to logical people that society is not always correct and needs to be corrected at times. Conformity is much like power and gets out of hand very readily. Plato wanted those with the capacity for logos to reason what was right and wrong on their own, and not allow society to dictate their ethics.

According to Plato, the happiest person is not necessarily going to be the richest, or most fortunate, but rather the person who uses reason in their every day life, leading to a day-to-day experience of "thinking well". Only a person who thinks well can achieve true long-lasting happiness. Logic, therefore is the key to happiness according to Plato.