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[456δ]
τε καὶ τὴν αὐτὴν φύσιν παραλαβοῦσα;οὐκ ἄλλη.πῶς οὖν ἔχεις δόξης τοῦ τοιοῦδε πέρι;τίνος δή;τοῦ ὑπολαμβάνειν παρὰ σεαυτῷ τὸν μὲν ἀμείνω ἄνδρα, τὸν δὲ χείρω: ἢ πάντας ὁμοίους ἡγῇ;οὐδαμῶς.ἐν οὖν τῇ πόλει ἣν ᾠκίζομεν, πότερον οἴει ἡμῖν ἀμείνους ἄνδρας ἐξειργάσθαι τοὺς φύλακας, τυχόντας ἧς διήλθομεν παιδείας, ἢ τοὺς σκυτοτόμους, τῇ σκυτικῇ παιδευθέντας;γελοῖον, ἔφη, ἐρωτᾷς.μανθάνω, ἔφην. τί δέ; τῶν ἄλλων πολιτῶν οὐχ οὗτοι
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