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of the transformation of the
oligarchy in his soul into democracy.” “Quite
inevitably,” he said. “May we not say that just as the
revolution in the city was brought about by the aid of an alliance from
outside, coming to the support of the similar and corresponding party in the
state, so the youth is revolutionized when a like and kindred1 group of appetites from
outside comes to the aid of one of the parties in his soul?”
“By all means,” he said. “And if, I take it, a
counter-alliance2 comes to the rescue of the
oligarchical part of his soul, either it may be from his father
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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