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the work that
he turns out will be worse, and he will also make inferior workmen of his
sons or any others whom he teaches.” “Of
course.” “From both causes, then, poverty and wealth,
the products of the arts deteriorate, and so do the artisans?”
“So it appears.” “Here, then, is a second
group of things it seems that our guardians must guard against and do all in
their power to keep from slipping into the city without their
knowledge.” “What are they?”
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