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ἐν τῇ πόλει τινὸς βουλεύεται, ἀλλ᾽ ὑπὲρ αὑτῆς ὅλης, ὅντινα τρόπον αὐτή τε πρὸς αὑτὴν καὶ πρὸς τὰς ἄλλας πόλεις ἄριστα ὁμιλοῖ;ἔστι μέντοι.τίς, ἔφην ἐγώ, καὶ ἐν τίσιν;αὕτη, ἦ δ᾽ ὅς, ἡ φυλακική, καὶ ἐν τούτοις τοῖς ἄρχουσιν οὓς νυνδὴ τελέους φύλακας ὠνομάζομεν.διὰ ταύτην οὖν τὴν ἐπιστήμην τί τὴν πόλιν προσαγορεύεις;εὔβουλον, ἔφη, καὶ τῷ ὄντι σοφήν.πότερον οὖν, ἦν δ᾽ ἐγώ, ἐν τῇ πόλει οἴει ἡμῖν χαλκέας
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