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The Republic - Plato ยท 57 words
But how did timocracy arise out of the perfect State. Plainly, like all changes of government, from division in the rulers. But whence came division. Sing, heavenly Muses, as Homer says; let them condescend to answer us, as if we were children, to whom they put on a solemn face in jest. And what will they say.
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