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ἐν ἀμφοτέροις. Cf. 442 C, D. Aristotle and others seem to have supposed that σωφροσύνη was the special virtue of the lowest class in the State and the lowest element in the soul: see Top. V 6. 136^{b} 10 ff. and 8. 138^{b} 1 ff. and [Arist.] περἰ ἀρετῶν καὶ κακιῶν 1. 1249^{a} 30 ff. ἐν ἀμφοτέροις proves this view erroneous. The error arose partly perhaps from a desire to make the theory superficially symmetrical, partly perhaps from a notion that Plato's rulers would not be likely to dispute their own right to rule. But σωφροσύνη in Plato's sense is necessary for his Rulers as well as for their subjects; without it, they might nolle episcopari: cf. I 346 D note
The Republic of Plato. James Adam. 1902. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press.
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