[465b]
there are, fear and awe, awe
restraining him from laying hands on one who may be his parent, and fear in
that the others will rush to the aid of the sufferer, some as sons, some as
brothers, some as fathers.” “That is the way it works
out,” he said. “Then in all cases the laws will leave
these men to dwell in peace together.” “Great
peace.” “And if these are free from dissensions among
themselves, there is no fear that1 the rest of the city will
ever start faction against them or with one another.”
“No, there is not.”
1 One of the profoundest of Plato's political aphorisms. Cf. on 545 D, Laws 683 E, and Aristotle Politics 1305 a 39.
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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