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“And also that being impoverished by war-taxes they may have to
devote themselves to their daily business and be less likely to plot against
him?” “Obviously.” “And if, I
presume, he suspects that there are free spirits who will not suffer his
domination, his further object is to find pretexts for destroying them by
exposing them to the enemy? From all these motives a tyrant is compelled to
be always provoking wars1?”
“Yes, he is compelled to do so.” “And by such
conduct
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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