The supportingargument conflates having virtues with exercising them, but Plato consistently treats the virtues in the Republic as stable dispositions constituted by correct rational governance, which just is knowledge of the Good.
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Plato(the person whose decision to write is being analyzed in this example)
An ancient Greek philosopher (around 428-348 BCE) who wrote famous dialogues exploring big questions about knowledge, justice, and reality.
Rational governance(as what constitutes virtue for Plato)
Using reason and logic to control your thoughts and actions, rather than being ruled by emotions or desires.
The Republic(as Plato's key text on virtue)
Plato's most famous written work, a long dialogue that imagines an ideal society and explores what justice and virtue really are.
knowledge(Distinguished from mere true belief, which may be the product of indoctrination and need not exercise deliberative capacities.)
Justified true belief — true belief that has been arrived at through the exercise of deliberative capacities, including comparison of and deliberation among alternatives.
virtue(Valla's voluntarist account of virtue)
A quality that resides in the will, governing actions to which moral qualifications are assigned.