The Republic · ¶4991
Geometry, must be learnt by the rulers, 7. 526 foll.; erroneously thought to serve for practical purposes only, ib. 527; —geometry of solids, ib. 528; —geometrical necessity, 5. 458 D; —geometrical notions apprehended by a faculty of the soul, 6. 511 C.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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