The Republic of Plato

by Plato

Y.

Young, the, how affected by the common praises of injustice, 2. [365]; cannot understand allegory, ib. [378 E]; must be subject in the state, 3. [412 B] [cp. Laws 3. 690 A; 4. 714 E]; must submit to their elders, 5. [465 A] [cp. Laws 4. 721 D; 9. 879 C; 11. 917 A]. Cp. [Children], [Education].

Youth, the corruption of, not to be attributed to the Sophists, but to 379 public opinion, 6. [492 A];
—youthful enthusiasm for metaphysics, 7. [539 B] [cp. Phil. 15 E];
—youthful scepticism, not of long continuance, ib. [D] [cp. Soph. 234 E; Laws 10. 888 B].