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in the city but about the city as a whole and the
betterment of its relations with itself1 and other states?” “Why, there
is.” “What is it,” said I, “and in
whom is it found?” “It is the science of guardianship or
government and it is to be found in those rulers to whom we just now gave
the name of guardians in the full sense of the word.”
“And what term then do you apply to the city because of this
knowledge?” “Well advised,” he said,
“and truly wise.” “Which class,
then,” said I,
1 Cf. on 416 C.
Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vols. 5 & 6 translated by Paul Shorey. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1969.
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