Magnanimity, (μεγαλόπρεπεια), one of the philosopher’s virtues, 6. [486 A], [490 E], [494 A].
Maker, the, not so good a judge as the user, 10. [601 C] [cp. Crat. 390].
[Man], ‘the master of himself,’ 4. [430 E] [cp. Laws 1. 626 E foll.]; ‘the form and likeness of God,’ 6. [501 B] [cp. Phaedr. 248 A; Theaet. 176 C; Laws 4. 716 D]; his unimportance, 10. [604 B] (cp. 6. [486 A], 361 and Laws 1. 644 E; 7. 803); has the power to choose his own destiny, 10. [617 E];
—the one best man, 6. [502] [cp. Pol. 301]:
—Men are not just of their own will, 2. [366 C]; unite in the state in order to supply each other’s wants, ib. [369];
—the nature of men and women, 5. [453]–455;
—analogy of men and animals, ib. [459];
—three classes of, 9. [581].
Manners, influenced by education, 4. [424], [425]; cannot be made the subject of legislation, [ibid.]; freedom of, in democracies, 8. [563 A].
‘Many,’ the term, as applied to the beautiful, the good, &c., 6. [507].
[Many], the, flatter their leaders into thinking themselves statesmen, 4. [426]; wrong in their notions about the honourable and the good, 6. [493 E]; would lose their harsh feeling towards philosophy if they could see the true philosopher, ib. [500]; their pleasures and pains, 9. [586];
—‘the great beast,’ 6. [493]. Cp. [Multitude].
Marionette players, 7. [514 B].
[Marriage], holiness of, 5. [458 E], [459]; age for, ib. [460]; prayers and sacrifices at, [ibid.];
—marriage festivals, ib. [459], [460].
Marsyas, Apollo to be preferred to, 3. [399 E].
[Mathematics], 7. [522]–532; use of hypotheses in, 6. [510];
—mathematical notions perceived by a faculty of the soul, 6. [511 C]:
—the mathematician not usually a dialectician, 7. [531 E].