Medical Knowledge- Socrates

The Republic begins with Socrates attempting to persuade his interlocutors to release him. Implicit in Socrates’s response is the idea that the meaning of words refers to a truer and/or better way of acting. Also, it implies that rational persuasion (i.e. using logic) should have the power to compel someone to resist their fleeting, egoistical, and base desires. Explain how Plato understands the problem of (rational) persuasion and how he develops his philosophy to overcome the problem. Do you believe he is successful; defend your conclusion?
You should structure your paper to discuss how, for Plato, knowledge is power. Here are some possible sections of The Republic that express this point:
1. In Book 1, Socrates uses the example of medical knowledge. How does Socrates’s example help to explain the idea that knowledge is power?
2. At the end of Book 2, Socrates argues that there cannot be a chaotic or evil God which everyone could use as an ideal.
3. Explain how the attainment of education’s goal, i.e. truth and/or complete meaning, can perfect an individual’s existence. Use the allegory of the cave and the idea of the Good in Book 7 to explain this.
4. Why does he in Book 10 argue that an ideal world provides the only good, but this requires giving up on bodily goods?
You may wish to focus on one or more of the above topics to make your argument and interpretation about Plato.