the attention paid to gymnastics and military training—in all these respects this State will resemble the former.
True.
Timocracy will retain the military and reject the philosophical character of the perfect State. But in the fear of admitting philosophers to power, because they are no longer to be had simple and earnest, but are made up of mixed elements; and in turning from them to passionate and less complex characters, who are by nature fitted for war rather than peace; and in the value set by them upon military stratagems and contrivances, and in the waging of everlasting wars—this State will be for the most part peculiar.
Yes.
The soldier class miserly and covetous. Yes, I said; and men of this stamp will be covetous of money, like those who