The Republic · ¶5440
Tyranny, 1. 338 D; = injustice on the grand scale, ib. 344 [cp. Gorg. 469]; the wretchedest form of government, 8. 544 C; 9. 576 [cp. Pol. 302 E]; origin of, 8. 562, 564: —the tyrannical man, 9. 571 foll.; life of, ib. 573; his treatment of his parents, ib. 574; most miserable, ib. 576, 578; has the soul of a slave, ib. 577.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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