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then, would arise in this polity more than in any
other?” “Of course.”
“Possibly,” said I, “this is the most
beautiful of polities as a garment of many colors, embroidered with all
kinds of hues, so this, decked and diversified with every type of character,
would appear the most beautiful. And perhaps,” I said,
“many would judge it to be the most beautiful, like boys and
women1 when they see bright-colored
things.”
1 For the idea that women and children like many colors cf. Sappho's admiration for Jason's mantle mingled with all manner of colors (Lyr. Graec. i. 196). For the classing together of women and boys Cf. Laws 658 D, Shakes.As You Like It,III. ii. 435 “As boys and women are for the most part cattle of this color,” Faguet, Nineteenth Century“Lamartine a été infiniment aimé des adolescents sérieux et des femmes distinguées.”
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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