The Republic · ¶5258
Perfect state, difficulty of, 5. 472; 6. 502 E [cp. Laws 4. 711]; possible, 5. 471, 473; 6. 499; 7. 540 [cp. Laws 5. 739]; manner of its decline, 8. 546 [cp. Crit. 120].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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