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“But what when these resources fail1?”
“Clearly,” he said, “his father's estate will
have to support him and his wassailers, his fellows and his
she-fellows.” “I understand,” I said,
“that the people which begot the tyrant2 will have to feed him
and his companions.” “It cannot escape from
that,” he said. “And what have you to say,” I
said, “in case the people protests and says that it is not right
that a grown-up son should be supported by his father, but the reverse,
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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