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.
Mean, happiness of the, 10. 619 A [cp. Laws 3. 679 A; 5. 728 E; 7. 792 D].
Meanness, unknown to the philosopher, 6. 486 A; characteristic of the oligarchs, 8. 554.
Measurement, art of, corrects the illusions of sight, 10. 602 D.
Meat, roast, the best diet for soldiers, 3. 404 D.
Medicine, cause of, 3. 405; not intended to preserve unhealthy and intemperate subjects, ib. 406 foll., 408 A; 4. 426 A [cp. Tim. 89 B]; the two kinds of, 5. 459 [cp. Laws 4. 720]; use of incantations in, 4. 426 A;
—analogy of, employed in the definition of justice, 1. 332 C.
Megara, battle of, 2. 368 A.
Melody, in education, 3. 398 foll.; its influence, 10. 601 B.
Memory, the philosopher should have a good, 6. 486 D, 490 E, 494 A; 7. 535 B.