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And so a good physician and lawgiver
must be on his guard from afar against the two kinds, like a prudent
apiarist, first and chiefly1 to prevent their springing up, but if they do arise to have them
as quickly as may be cut out, cells and all.” “Yes, by
Zeus,” he said, “by all means.”
“Then let us take it in this way,” I said, “so
that we may contemplate our purpose more distinctly.2”
“How?” “Let us in our theory make a
tripartite3 division of the
democratic state, which is in fact its structure. One such class,
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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