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οἷς ἐθέλοιεν ἄλλοις: masculine, not (as D. and V. translate), neuter. The reference is probably intended to include παιδικά as well as others. The Spartan's domestic nest was doubtless occasionally a nest of vice. τὸν νόμον ἀποδιδράσκοντες. The expression is borrowed by Aristotle Pol. Β 9. 1270^{b} 34, where see Newman's note. τῆς ἀληθινῆς -- φιλοσοφίας. Cf. the famous saying φιλοσοφία μεγίστη μουσική in Phaed. 61 A.
The Republic of Plato. James Adam. 1902. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press.
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