The Academy of Athens which existed for hundreds of years and that's going to be the first institution in Western civilization of higher learning. He believed it was the job of society to through the Socratic method to enlighten people. To people enlighten themselves and that to have a great society more people needed to be enlightened. He believes in a sense a utopian society. Some people would say hey Plato you're being too idealistic wanting all these great things in terms of happiness and a great society and perfect friends and great beauty. And he would say no that what we need to do is envision form. What is a perfect society?