[689] Athen. 624 a.
[690] Plut. Luk. 4.
[691] Pol. iv. 20. 2.
[692] Plato, Rep. 399 A.
[693] Londoners must devoutly hope that the Hellenic theory is false.
[694] Aristot. Rhet. ii. 21. 16.
[695] Plato, Rep. 401 B.
[696] A poetical education probably develops the imagination at the expense of the logical mind. Plato is a good instance of this: his imagination, against his will, outweighs his reason. It may be this personal experience which gives so much bitterness to his attack on poetry.
[697] Plut. Solon, 29. 30.
[698] Children have a natural tendency to act, and need little inducement or instruction.