‘Mine and thine,’ a common cause of dispute, 5. [462].
Ministers of the state must be educated, 7. [519]. See [Ruler]. 362
Miser, the, typical of the oligarchical state, 8. [555 A] (cp. [559 D]).
Misfortune, to be borne with patience, 3. [387]; 10. [603]–606.
Models (or types), by which the poets are to be guided in their compositions, 2. [379 A].
Moderation, necessity of, 5. [466 B] [cp. Laws 3. 690 E; 5. 732, 736 E].
Momus (god of jealousy), 6. [487 A].
Monarchy, distinguished from aristocracy as that form of the perfect state in which one rules, 4. [445 C] (cp. 9. [576 D], and Pol. 301); the happiest form of government, 9. [576 E] (cp. [580 C], [587 B]).
Money, needed in the state, 2. [371 B] [cp. Laws 11. 918]; not necessary in order to carry on war, 4. [423];
—love of, among the Egyptians and Phoenicians, ib. [435 E]; characteristic of timocracy and oligarchy, 8. [548 A], [553], [562 A]; referred to the appetitive element of the soul, 9. [580 E]; despicable, ib. [589 E], [590 C] (cp. 3. [390 E]).