Beast, the great, 6. [493]; the many-headed, 9. [588], [589]; ‘the wild beast within us,’ ib. [571], [572].
Beautiful, the, and the good are one, 5. [452];
—the many beautiful contrasted with absolute beauty, 6. [507 B].
Beauty as a means of education, 3. [401] foll.; absolute beauty, 5. [476], [479]; 6. [494 A], [501 B], [507 B] [cp. Laws 2. 655 C].
Becoming, the passage from, to being, 7. [518 D], [521 D], [525 D].
Beds, the figure of the three, 10. [596].
Bee-masters, 8. [564 C].
[Being] and not being, 5. [477]; true being the object of the philosopher’s desire, 6. [484], [485], [486 E], [490], [500 C]; 7. [521], [537 D]; 9. [581], [582 C] (cp. 5. [475 E]; 7. [520 B], [525]; and Phaedo 82; Phaedr. 249; Theaet. 173 E; Soph. 249 D, 254); concerned with the invariable, 9. [585 C].
Belief, see [Faith].
Bendidea, a feast of Artemis, 1. [354 A] (cp. [327 A], [B]).
Bendis, a title of Artemis, 1. [327 A].