(2) The last wave:—The Government of Philosophers.
471 C (‘But still I must say, Socrates.’ ...)
–473 E (... ‘is indeed a hard thing.’)
Book vi.
(1) The Parable of the Pilot.
487 A (‘Here Adeimantus interposed’ ...)
–489 D (‘Precisely so, he said.’)
(2) The low estimation in which Philosophy is held by the World.
493 E (‘You recognize the truth of what I have been saying?’ ...)
–497 A (... ‘as well as of himself.’)
Book vii.
The Allegory of the Cave.
514 A–520 E (... ‘present rulers of the State.’)