Weep, the guardians not to, 3. 387 C (cp. 10. 603 E).
Weighing, art of, corrects the illusions of sight, 10. 602 D.
Whole, the, in regard to the happiness of the state, 4. 420 D; 5. 466 A; 7. 519 E; in love, 5. 474 C, 475 B; 6. 485 B.
Whorl, the great, 10. 616.
Wicked, the, punishment of, in the world below, 2. 363; 10. 614; thought by men to be happy, 1. 354; 2. 364 A; 3. 392 B (cp. 8. 545 A, and Gorg. 470 foll.; Laws 2. 66 1; 10. 899 E, 905 A).
Wine, lovers of, 5. 475 A.
Wisdom (σοφία, φρόνησις) and injustice, 1. 349, 350; in the state, 4. 428; akin to truth, 6. 485 D; the power of, 7. 518, 519; the only virtue which is innate in us, ib. 518 E.
Wise man, the, = the good, 1. 350 [cp. 1 Alcib. 124, 125]; definition of, 4. 442 C; alone has true pleasure, 9. 583 B; life of, ib. 591;
—‘the wise to go to the doors of the rich,’ 6. 489 B;
—wise men said to be the friends of the tyrant, 8. 568.
Wives to be common in the state, 5. 457 foll.; 8. 543.
Wolves, men changed into, 8. 565 D; ‘wolf and flock’ (proverb), 3. 415 D.
Women, employments of, 5. 455; differences of taste in, ib. 456; fond of complaining, 8. 549 D; supposed to differ in nature from men, 5. 453; inferior to men, ib. 455 [ cp. Tim. 42; Laws 6. 781]; ought to be trained like men, ib. 451, 466 [ cp. Laws 7. 805; 8. 829 E]; in the gymnasia, ib. 452, 457 [ cp. Laws 7. 813, 814; 8. 833]; in war, ib. 453 foll., 466 E, 471 E [ cp. Laws 6. 785; 7. 806, 814 A]; to be guardians, ib. 456, 458, 468; 7. 540