Plato, Statesman, section 303d

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[303d] and now we have succeeded in doing this, though it has been very difficult.

Younger Socrates
So it seems.

Stranger
But another group remains, which is still more difficult to separate, because it is more closely akin to the kingly class and is also harder to recognize. I think we are in somewhat the same position as refiners of gold.

Younger Socrates
How so?

Stranger
Why, the refiners first remove earth and stones and all that sort of thing;

Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 12 translated by Harold N. Fowler. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921.

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