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...agree with the description of the ideal. ... But is our theory a worse theory because we are unable to prove the possibility of a city being ordered in the manner described '? . . . Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power...

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...changes, or rather a single change, might revolutionize a State. Socrates goes forth to meet the wave. prove the possibility of a city being ordered in the...to know whether ideals are ever fully realized in 473 language ? Does not the word express more than the fact, and must not the actual, whatever a man...

...light of day." But the theory is, nevertheless, none the worse as a theory " because we are unable to prove the possibility of a city being ordered in the manner described." 1 The False Forms of State and their Genesis. — Having constructed the pattern state, which he designates...

...be acknowledged, I said. But if, at your request, I am to try and show how and under what condition the possibility is highest, I must ask you, having...to repeat your former admissions. What admissions ? 288 PLATO THE TEACHER I admit that. - Then von must not insist on my proving that the actual State...

...an ideal of a perfect State? To be sure. And is our theory a worse theory because we are unable to prove the possibility of a city being ordered in the manner described ? Surely not, he replied. That must be acknowledged, I said. But if, at your request, I am to try and show how and under what condition...

...be acknowledged, I said. But if, at your request, I am to try and show how and under what condition the possibility is highest, I must ask you, having...to repeat your former admissions. What admissions ? f\ I admit that. Then you must not insist on my proving that the actual State will in every respect...

...an ideal of a perfect State? To be sure. And is our theory a worse theory because we are unable to prove the possibility of a city being ordered in the manner described ? Surely not, he replied. That must be acknowledged, I said. But if, at your request, I am to try and show how and under what condition...

...an ideal of a perfect State? To be sore. And is our theory a worse theory because we are unable to prove the possibility of a city being ordered in the...to know whether ideals are ever fully realized in language? Does not the word express more than the fact, and must not the actual, whatever a man may...