The Republic · ¶4845
Children have spirit, but not reason, 4. 441 A; why under authority, 9. 590 E; —in the state, 3. 415; 5. 450 E, 457 foll.; 8. 543; must not hear improper stories, 2. 377; 3. 391 C; must be reared amid fair sights and sounds, 3. 401; must receive education even in their plays, 4. 425 A; 7. 537 A [cp. Laws 1. 643 B]; must learn to ride, 5. 467 [cp. Laws 7. 804 C]; must go with their fathers and mothers into war, 5. 467; 7. 537 A: —transfer of children from one class to another, 3. 415; 4. 423 D: —exposure of children allowed, 5. 460 C, 461 C: —illegitimate children, ib. 461 A.Read in context ›
Plato · translated by Benjamin Jowett · composite transcription based on the 1888 third edition
Benjamin Jowett, revised third edition (1888), with Stephanus numbering from the 1908 edition; composite transcription, Project Gutenberg #55201
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