TechNAY or TechYAY?

Although there are a multitude of arguments throughout the book that I find intriguing, I find the arguments including techne as justification to be particularly engaging. In book one, Socrates uses techne to further his belief that someone who is just would not try to be unjust. He specifically states that for example, a music teacher would not strive for their student to be unmusical, and a horse-riding instructor would not want their student to be unsatifactory in riding. He uses these examples of techne to justify his argument. In my opinion I find in to be very sucessful, because he uses relatable, every-day situations (through his usage of techne) to help the citizens to further comprehend and relate to the argument he is making. Additionally, techne is used again by Socrates to argue that the goal in building a city is not to make one group more happy than another, but to promote happiness for collective. He describes the construction of a building to further explain his argument. This use of techne helps to make it easier to comprehend his stance. I think that this usage of techne is still incredibely important. There is a lot of media that distributes news that is biased, or unintentionally complex, which isolates many of it's possible consumers. I think that if techne was used more in modern news, more peiple would be able to understand different perspectives. Much likes Socrates is doing with the townspeople in The Republic, using techne to provide everyday, relatable, and digestable examples of arguments could help more people comprehend standpoints.