The Republic · ¶5313
Rational element of the soul, 4. 435–442; 6. 504 A; 8. 550 A; 9. 571, 580 E, 581 [cp. Tim. 69 E–72]; ought to bear rule, and be assisted by the spirited element against the passions, 4. 441 E, 442; characterized by the love of knowledge, 9. 581 B; the pleasures of, the truest, ib. 582; preserves the mind from the illusions of sense, 10. 602.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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