Perdiccas [King of Macedonia], 1. [336 A].
Perfect state, difficulty of, 5. [472]; 6. [502 E] [cp. Laws 4. 711]; possible, 5. [471], [473]; 6. [499]; 7. [540] [cp. Laws 5. 739]; manner of its decline, 8. [546] [cp. Crit. 120].
Periander, the tyrant, 1. [336 A].
Personalities, avoided by the philosopher, 6. [500 B] [cp. Theaet. 174 C].
[Personification]; the argument compared to a search or chase, 2. [368 C]; 4. [427 C], [432]; to a stormy sea, 4. [441 B]; to an ocean, 5. [453 D]; to a game of draughts, 6. [487 B]; to a journey, 7. [532 E]; to a charm, 10. [608 A];
—‘has travelled a long way,’ 6. [484 A];
—‘veils her face,’ ib. [503 A];
—‘following in the footsteps of the argument,’ 2. [365 C];
—‘whither the argument may blow, thither we go,’ 3. [394 D];
—‘a swarm of words,’ 5. [450 B];
—the three waves, ib. [457 C], [472 A], [473 C].
Persuasion [or Faith], one of the faculties of the soul, 6. [511 D]; 7. [533 E].
[Philosopher], the, has the quality of gentleness, 2. [375], [376]; 3. [410]; 6. [486 C]; ‘the spectator of all time and all existence,’ 6. [486 A] [cp. Theaet. 173 E]; should have a good memory, ib. D, [490 E], [494 A]; 7. [535]; has his mind fixed upon true being, 6. [484], [485], [486 E], [490], [500 C], [501 D]; 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); his qualifications and excellences, 6. [485] foll., [490 D], [491 B], [494 B] [cp. Phaedo 68]; corruption of the philosopher, ib. [491] foll.; is apt to retire from the world, ib. [496] [cp. Theaet. 173]; does not delight in personal conversation, ib. [500 B] [cp. Theaet. 174 C]; must be an arithmetician, 7. [525 B]; pleasures of the philosopher, 9. [581 E]:
—Philosophers are to be kings, 5. [473] (cp. 6. [487 E], [498] foll., [501 E] foll.; 7. [540]; 8. [543]; 9. [592]); are lovers of all knowledge, 5. [475]; 6. [486 A], [490]; true and false, 5. [475] foll.; 6. [484], [491], [494], [496 A], [500]; 7. [535]; to be guardians, 2. [375] (see [Guardians]); why they are useless, 6. [487] foll.; few in number, ib. E, [496], [499 B], [503 B] [cp. Phaedo 69 C]; will frame the state after the heavenly pattern, ib. [501]; 7. [540 A]; 9. [592]; education of, 6. [503]; philosophers and poets, 10. [607] [cp. Laws 12. 967].
Philosophic nature, the, rarity of, 6. [491]; causes of the ruin of, [ibid.]
Philosophy, every headache ascribed to, 3. [407 C]; = love of real knowledge, 6. [485] (cp. supra 5. [475 E]); the corruption of, 6. [491]; philosophy and the world, ib. [494]; the desolation of, ib. [495]; philosophy and the arts, ib. E, [496 C] (cp. supra 5. [475 D], [476 A]); true and false philosophy, 6. [496 E], [498 E]; philosophy and governments, ib. [497]; time set apart for, ib. [498]; 7. [539]; commonly neglected in after life, 6. [498]; prejudice against, ib. [500], [501]; why it is useless, 7. [517], [535], [539]; the guardian and saviour of virtue, 8. [549 B]; philosophy and poetry, 10. [607]; aids a man to make a wise choice in the next world, ib. [618]. 366
Phocylides, his saying, ‘that as soon as a man has a livelihood he should practise virtue,’ 3. [407 B].