[412d]
and furthermore careful1 of the interests of the
state?” “That is so.” “But one would
be most likely to be careful of that which he loved.”
“Necessarily.” “And again, one would be most
likely to love that whose interests he supposed to coincide with his own,
and thought that when it prospered, he too would prosper and if not, the
contrary.” “So it is,” he said.
“Then we must pick out from the other guardians such men as to our
observation appear most inclined through the entire course of their lives to
be zealous to do what they think
1 The argument proceeds by minute links. Cf. on 338 D.
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