8. ἀπώλλυντο οὖν ὑπὸ τῶν θηρίων. Cf. Polit. 274B τῆς
γὰπ τοῦ κεκτημένου καὶ νέμοντος ἡμᾶς δαίμονος ἀρεπημωθέντες
ἐριμελείας, τῶν ρολλῶν αὖ θηπίων, ὄσα χαλερὰ τὰς φύσεις ἦν, ἀραγπιωθέντων, αὐτοὶ δὲ ἀσθενεῖς ἄνθπωτοι καὶ ἀφύλακτοι γεγονότες
διηρπάζοντο ὑπ᾽ αὐτῶν.
12. ἧς μέρος πολεμική. πολεμική is recognised as a part of
πολιτική in Rep. II. 373D ff.
13. σῴζεσθαι κτίζοντες πόλεις. The insufficiency of the
individual for his own wants is assigned as the cause of city life
in Rep. II. 369B γίγνεται τοίνυν—πόλις, ὡς ἐγᾦμαι, ἐπειδὴ
τυγχάνει ἡμῶν ἕκαστος οὐκ αὐτάπκης ἀλλὰ ρολλῶν ἐνδεής: ἢ τίν᾽ οἴει
ἀρχὴν ἄλλην πόλιν οἰκίζειν; οὐδεμίαν, ἦ δ᾽ ὄς.
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