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but may undertake to enslave
and rule over the classes which it is not fitting1 that it should, and so overturn2 the entire life of
all.” “By all means,” he said.
“Would not these two, then, best keep guard against enemies from
without3 also in behalf
of the entire soul and body, the one taking counsel,4 the other
giving battle, attending upon the ruler, and by its courage executing the
ruler's designs?” “That is so.”
“Brave, too, then, I take it, we call
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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