Plato, Republic, Book 6, section 500e

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[500e] that what we are saying of the philosopher is true, will they still be harsh with philosophers, and will they distrust our statement that no city could ever be blessed unless its lineaments were traced¹ by artists who used the heavenly model?” “They will not be harsh,”

1 For διαγράψειαν cf. 387 B and Laws 778 A. See also Stallbaum ad loc.

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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