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τιθέναι -- τίθεσθαι: we should expect τιθέναι in both cases, as the ἄρχοντες according to the theory we are discussing are κρείττονες and supreme as legislators: but the middle of personal interest is naturally used in combination with τὰ ξυμφέροντα ἑαυτοῖς: cf. infra 341 A.
The Republic of Plato. James Adam. 1902. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press.
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