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Monday, June 30, 2008

The Republic - pg. 180

"Then, it's the philosopher, keeping company with the divine
and the orderly who becomes orderly and divine, to the
extent that is possible for a human being. But there is much
slander abroad."

"Now, if the many become aware that what we are saying about
this man is true, will they then be harsh with the philosophers
and distrust us when we say that a city could never be happy
otherwise than by having its outlines drawn by the painters
who use the divine pattern?"

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