  Socrates and Glaucon characterize the person ruled by his lawless  attitudes as enslaved, as least able to do what it wants, as full of  disorder and regret, as poor and unsatisfiable, and as fearful  (577c–578a). These characterizations fit in a logical order. The  tyrant is enslaved because he is ruled by an utterly unlimited  appetite, which prompts in him appetitive desire whenever any chance  object of appetite presents itself to his consideration. Given this  condition, he experiences appetitive desires that he cannot satisfy,  either because they are too difficult for him to satisfy or because  satisfying them would prevent satisfying other of his desires. His  experience of unsatisfied desires must make him wish that he could  satisfy them and feel poor and unsatisfiable because he cannot.  Worse, because his unsatisfied appetitive desires continue to press  for satisfaction over time, they make him aware of his past inability to to do what he wants, which prompts regret, and of his likely  future inability to do what he wants, which makes him fearful. The  result is a miserable existence, and the misery is rooted in  unlimited attitudes that demand more satisfaction than a person can  achieve. In a nutshell, the tyrant lacks the capacity to do what he  wants to do.