...True, he said, I had forgotten that. Observe then, I said, Glaucon, that there will b« no injustice m compelling our philosophers to have a care and providence...your future rulers another and a better -„life than that of a ruler, then you may have a well-ordered State; for only in the State which offers this will...

...they are just men, and the They will commands which we impose upon them are just ; there can ^ wl"lnB be no doubt that every one of them will take office as a stern anxious to necessity, and not after the fashion of our present rulers of mlcState. Yes, my friend,...

...reply in words, but presently led them back to work and to die for the saving of the world. selves, but they were to be his instruments in binding up...your future rulers another and a better life than that of a ruler, then you may have a well-ordered State; for only in the State which offers this will...

...far better and more perfectly than they have, and are better able to share in the double duty. And I therefore each of you, when his turn comes, must go...necessity and not like our present ministers of State. a well-ordered State ; for only in the State which offers this will they rule who are truly rich, not...

...citizens together by persuasion and necessity, making them benefactors of the State, and therefore benefactors of one another ; to this end he created...necessity and not like our present ministers of State. a well-ordered State ; for only in the State which offers this will they rule who are truly rich, not...

...when they are allowed to spend the greater part of their time with one another in the heavenly light? Impossible, he answered ; for they are just men, and...them will take office as a stern necessity, and not after the fashion of our present rulers of State. Yes, my friend, I said ; and there lies the point....

...with one another in the heavenly light? Impossible, he answered ; for they are just men, and the E commands which we impose upon them are just ; there...them will take office as a stern necessity, and not after the fashion of our present rulers of State. Yes, my friend, I said ; and there lies the point....

...when they are allowed to spend the greater part of their time with one another in the heavenly light? Impossible, he answered; for they are just men, and...impose upon them are just; there can be no doubt that everyone of them will take office as a stern necessity, and not after the fashion of our present rulers...

...they are least reluctant, the worst; and then proceeds to add—that the politician after his heart " will take office as a stern necessity, and " not like our present Ministers of State." It is Plato's way of saying (and there was nothing he more firmly believed) that the true politician...

...when they are allowed to spend the greater part of their time with one another in the heavenly light? Impossible, he answered; for they are just men, and...them will take office as a stern necessity, and not after the fashion of our present rulers of state. Yes, my friend, I said; and there lies the point....