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ἐπὶ τὸ ἀροῦν. See on 372 B. αὐτὴν τὴν πόλιν: ipsam urbem: the city as opposed to the inhabitants (τέκτονες, χαλκῆς etc.). Cf. 360 D note It is not necessary to adopt Hermann's conjecture αὖ for αὐτήν, or (with Hartman) to eject τὴν πόλιν. σχεδόν τι ἀδύνατον. Plato nevertheless endeavours to secure this advantage in the Laws: see 704 A—705 B. Cf. Arist. Pol. H 5. 1326^{b} 26 ff. ὧν ἐκεῖνοι δέονται. All exchange with foreign cities is to be in kind: money is used only for transactions within the city: see infra 371 C ff. Here again Plato is constructing his city κατὰ φύσιν: cf. Arist. Pol. A 9. 1257^{a} 28 ἡ μὲν οὐν τοιαύτη μεταβλητικὴ οὔτε παρὰ φύσιν οὔτε χρηματιστικῆς ἐστὶν εἷδος οὐδέν. ὧν ἂν αὐτοῖς χρεία . αὐτοῖς is of course emphatic (ipsis). For the rare omission of ᾗ cf. III 416 D and Schanz Nov. Comm. Pl. p. 33 with Cope's Rhetoric of Aristotle Vol. II p. 328.
The Republic of Plato. James Adam. 1902. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press.
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