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likened
to the guardian. You surely have observed in well-bred hounds that their
natural disposition is to be most gentle to their familiars and those whom
they recognize, but the contrary to those whom they do not know.”
“I am aware of that.” “The thing is possible,
then,” said I, “and it is not an unnatural requirement
that we are looking for in our guardian.” “It seems
not.”“And does it
seem to you that our guardian-to-be will also need, in addition to the being
high-spirited, the further quality of having the love of wisdom in his
nature?” “How so?” he said; “I don't
apprehend your meaning.”
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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