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but show themselves stern in battle towards all the enemies they encounter.1Timaeus
Very true.Socrates
For we said, as I think, that the soul of the Guardians ought to be of a nature at once spirited and philosophic in a superlative degree, so that they might be able to treat their friends rightly with leniency and their foes with sternness.Timaeus
Yes.Socrates
And what of their training? Did we not say that they were trained in gymnastic, in music, and in all the studies proper for such men?2Timaeus
Certainly.
Very true.Socrates
For we said, as I think, that the soul of the Guardians ought to be of a nature at once spirited and philosophic in a superlative degree, so that they might be able to treat their friends rightly with leniency and their foes with sternness.Timaeus
Yes.Socrates
And what of their training? Did we not say that they were trained in gymnastic, in music, and in all the studies proper for such men?2Timaeus
Certainly.