It is possible to divide man into three fundamental types; the man of reason or logic who seeks wisdom; the lively man who seeks success and honor and the man of desire who seeks profit and appetite. Although every man is dominated by a component of the soul, the three elements are in constant dialogue. When asked, each person says that his class lives best, and philosophers feel they must argue which of these classes lives best. Everyone believes that the greatest pleasure in life is the fundamental one, however Socrates claims that only the reasonable man could have experienced the happiness of knowledge because only he of the three possesses it. He explains that the pleasures of other types of men are not true pleasures as they are "the pleasures of necessity, since he would have no use for them if necessity were not imposed on him." Of these three classes, the man of reason (the lover of wisdom) possesses the knowledge of the Forms, in turn, of Justice. Therefore the man of justice and reason is right in judging himself to be the happiest, solidifying his thesis that the lover of wisdom experiences the greatest pleasure and, in turn, the just man leads a happier life of the unjust man. Plato also suggests that of the three types of man, the man of reason would be the most regal, that is, the most suitable to govern. Imagine an ideal society in which those who have knowledge of the Forms have