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nor his hoe, nor his other
agricultural implements, nor will the builder, who also needs many; and
similarly the weaver and cobbler.” “True.”
“Carpenters, then, and smiths and many similar craftsmen,
associating themselves with our hamlet, will enlarge it
considerably.” “Certainly.” “Yet it
still wouldn't be very large even if we should add to them neat-herds and
shepherds and other herders,
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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