The Republic · ¶5010

Guardians of the state, must be philosophers, 2. 376; 6. 484, 498, 501, 503 B; 7. 520, 521, 525 B, 540; 8. 543; must be both spirited and gentle, 2. 375; 3. 410; 6. 503 [cp. Laws 5. 731 B]; must be tested by pleasures and pains, 3. 413 (cp. 6. 503 A; 7. 539 E); have gold and silver mingled in their veins, 3. 415 A (cp. 416 E; 8. 547 A); their happiness, 4. 419 foll.; 5. 465 E foll.; 6. 498 C; 7. 519 E; will be the class in the state which possesses wisdom, 4. 428 [cp. Laws 12. 965 A]; will form one family with the citizens, 5. 462–466; must preserve moderation, ib. 466 B; divided into auxiliaries and guardians proper, 3. 414 (cp. 8. 545 E; and see Auxiliaries, Rulers): —the guardians [i.e. the auxiliaries] must be courageous, 2. 375; 3. 386, 413 E, 416 E; 4. 429; 6. 503 E; must have no fear of death, 3. 386 (cp. 6. 486 C); not to weep, 3. 387 (cp. 10. 603 E); nor to be given to laughter, 3. 388 [cp. Laws 5. 732; 11. 935]; must be temperate, ib. 389 D; must not be avaricious, ib. 390 E; must only imitate noble characters and actions, ib. 395 foll., 402 E; must only learn the Dorian and Phrygian harmonies, and play on the lyre and harp, ib. 398, 399; must be sober, ib. 398 E, 403 E; must be reared amid fair surroundings, ib. 401; athletes of war, ib. 403, 404 B; 4. 422; 7. 521 E; 8. 543 [cp. Laws 8. 830]; must live according to rule, 3. 404; will not go to law or have resort to medicine, ib. 410 A; must have common meals and live a soldier’s life, ib. 416; will not require gold or silver or property of any kind, ib. 417; 4. 419, 420 A, 422 D; 5. 464 C; compared to a garrison of mercenaries (Adeimantus), 4. 419 (cp. 8. 543); must go to war on horseback in their childhood, 5. 467; 7. 537 A; regulations for their conduct in war, 5. 467–471: —female guardians, ib., 456, 458, 468; 7. 540 C (cp. Women).

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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