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honesty with a view to putting honesty into class III it is remarked that [foreign text] honesty or justice or righteousness is sometimes of one man and sometimes of a whole state [foreign text]. 368E. It is proper to begin with considering the latter. This is the leading idea of the whole Republic that the study of the theory of government is to be made the foundation of psychology and especially of ethics. The chief advantage of city life consists in the division of labour. Under this head one important provision should be that the military should form a distinct class not engaging in other occupations. Yet no army he seems to think would be necessary if the citizens would dispense with needless luxuries including money. This class of defenders [foreign text] must combine fierceness and gentleness. 375C. For that is it necessary that they should be philosophers 375E-376C. In order