Democracy: What a Peach

A passage I find peculiar is 557e-558a. It summarizes a person that is not forced to do anything, and Socrates defines it as a passing of time that is "divinely sweet for the moment." I'm brought back to a comment earlier in the dialogue that mentions that the best person to rule is the one who doesn't want to but is most capable. With these two passages in mind, I think this is commentary on the philosopher. The philosopher king is never discussed as the person who does not want to rule. It is simply understood that the philosopher should rule because he is most capable and must rule. However, in a democracy, like Athens, a philosopher, like Socrates, doesn't have to do anything— especially rule, make war, or be a judge, though they may be the most capable for some of these things. Anyone, including the philosopher has free will, to choose to do or not do something.

Perhaps we are brought back to a force persuasion argument. In the philosopher king's city, this passing of time that is divinely sweet, is absent. The auxiliaries are compelled by the philosopher to keep the desiring class in-line, having no choice or evaluation in what it is they are upholding for their opinion is supposed to be the philosopher's opinion. They must do their job. The desiring class is forced to do what the philosopher wants by the auxiliaries. The philosopher is appointed to the position of king by the past philosopher king, having been the best in all of their tests. Choice is never mentioned in this city. 

In contrast, the healthy city doesn't mention anything about force, and doesn't really have any comment about choice. People just act according to their nature. Like a democracy though, it seems the healthy city has "the absence of any compulsion" (557e). 

Though I've made these connections, I am unable to make a connection with what "divinely sweet" means, and how the element of divine sweetness relates, or doesn't, to the other cities or rulings.