[D] If, then, the ruler catches anybody beside himself lying in the State,
‘Any of the craftsmen, whether he be priest or physician or carpenter[15],’
he will punish him for introducing a practice which is equally subversive and destructive of ship or State.
[15] Od. xvii. 383 sq.
Most certainly, he said, if our idea of the State is ever carried out[16].
[16] Or, ‘if his words are accompanied by actions.’
and also temperate. In the next place our youth must be temperate?
Certainly.
Are not the chief elements of temperance, speaking [E]generally, obedience to commanders and self-control in sensual pleasures?
True.