Mendicant prophets, 2. 364 C.
Menelaus, treatment of, when wounded, 3. 408 A.
Menoetius, father of Patroclus, 3. 388 C.
Mental blindness, causes of, 7. 518.
Merchants, necessary in the state, 2. 371.
Metaphysics; absolute ideas, 5. 476;
—abstract and relative ideas, 7. 524;
—analysis of knowledge, 6. 510;
—qualifications of relative and correlative, 4. 437 foll.; 7. 524. Cp. Idea, Logic.
Metempsychosis, 10. 617. Cp. Soul.
Midas, wealth of, 3. 408 B.
Might and right, 1. 338 foll. [cp. Gorg. 483, 489; Laws 1. 627; 3. 690; 10. 890].
Miletus, Thales of, 10. 600 A.
Military profession, the, 2. 374.
Mimetic art, in education, 3. 394 foll.; the same person cannot succeed in tragedy and comedy, ib. 395 A; imitations lead to habit, ib. D; men acting women’s part, ib. E; influence on character, ibid. foll. Cp. Imitation.
‘Mine and thine,’ a common cause of dispute, 5. 462.
Ministers of the state must be educated, 7. 519. See Ruler.
Miser, the, typical of the oligarchical state, 8. 555 A (cp. 559 D).
Misfortune, to be borne with patience, 3. 387; 10. 603–606.