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of war and guardians, they should
receive from the others as pay1 for their guardianship each year their yearly sustenance, and
devote their entire attention to the care of themselves and the
state.” “That is right,” I said.
“But now that we have finished this topic let us recall the point
at which we entered on the digression2 that has brought us here, so that
we may proceed on our way again by the same path.” “That
is easy,” he said; “for at that time, almost exactly as
now, on the supposition that you had finished the description of the city,
you were going on to say3
that you assumed such a city
Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vols. 5 & 6 translated by Paul Shorey. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1969.
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