The Republic · ¶5149
Man, ‘the master of himself,’ 4. 430 E [cp. Laws 1. 626 E foll.]; ‘the form and likeness of God,’ 6. 501 B [cp. Phaedr. 248 A; Theaet. 176 C; Laws 4. 716 D]; his unimportance, 10. 604 B (cp. 6. 486 A, and Laws 1. 644 E; 7. 803); has the power to choose his own destiny, 10. 617 E; —the one best man, 6. 502 [cp. Pol. 301]: —Men are not just of their own will, 2. 366 C; unite in the state in order to supply each other’s wants, ib. 369; —the nature of men and women, 5. 453–455; —analogy of men and animals, ib. 459; —three classes of, 9. 581.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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