Since philosophers are students of human nature and the city is rooted in nature, philosophers would be better able to rule over humans. The philosopher-kings would also have knowledge of all forms and would be guided by their rationality. By allowing education to thrive in the city, political justice would be served as everyone in the city could discover, develop, and practice their innate and natural abilities. However, the reform was ridiculed because philosophers by nature love knowledge and questions about human nature and have no interest in ruling a city. Permanent problems arise in the third reform for two main reasons; first, philosophers do not want to rule and, second, the people of the city do not understand philosophers and therefore do not want a philosopher to rule the city. By nature philosophers do not seek to rule, and unlike many rulers who seek to gain power, philosophers would make a sacrifice to rule the perfectly just city. The intrinsic nature of the philosopher contradicts the reform suggested by Socrates, and like the previously mentioned reforms, the third reform also cannot be overcome due to human action.