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and fearing them more than the enemy, or
else, if they do not make use of them, of finding themselves on the field of
battle, oligarchs indeed,1 and rulers over a few.
And to this must be added their reluctance to contribute money, because they
are lovers of money.” “No, indeed, that is not
admirable.” “And what of the trait we found fault with
long ago2—the fact that in such
a state the citizens are busy-bodies and jacks-of-all-trades, farmers,
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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