Doctors, flourish when luxury increases in the state, 2. 373 C; 3. 405 A; two kinds of, 5. 459 C [cp. Laws 4. 720; 9. 857 D]. Cp. Physician.
Dog, Socrates’ oath by the, 3. 399 E; 8. 567 E; 9. 592;
—dogs are philosophers, 2. 376; the guardians the watch-dogs of the state, ibid.; 4. 440 D; 5. 451 D; breeding of dogs, 5. 459.
Dolphin, Arion’s, 5. 453 E.
Dorian harmony, allowed, with the Phrygian, in the state, 3. 399 A.
Draughts, 1. 333 A; skill required in, 2. 374 C; —comparison of an argument to a game of draughts, 6. 487 C.
Dreams, an indication of the bestial element in human nature, 9. 571, 572, 574 E.
Drones, the, 8. 552, 554 C, 555 E, 559 C, 564 B, 567 E; 9. 573 A [cp. Laws 10. 901 A].
Drunkenness, in heaven, 2. 363 D; forbidden in the guardians, 3. 398 E, 403 E;
—the drunken man apt to be tyrannical, 8. 573 C. Cp. Intoxication.
Dyeing, 4. 429 D.