[464b]
“But we further agreed that
this unity is the greatest blessing for a state, and we compared a well
governed state to the human body in its relation to the pleasure and pain of
its parts.” “And we were right in so
agreeing.” “Then it is the greatest blessing for a state
of which the community of women and children among the helpers has been
shown to be the cause.” “Quite so,” he said.
“And this is consistent with what we said before. For we
said,1 I believe,
that these helpers must not possess houses of their own or
1 Cf. 416-417.
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