happens to be a ruler or a private man, when regarded only in reference

to his art, be truly called 'royal'?

YOUNG SOCRATES: He certainly ought to be.

STRANGER: And the householder and master are the same?

YOUNG SOCRATES: Of course.

STRANGER: Again, a large household may be compared to a small

state:--will they differ at all, as far as government is concerned?

YOUNG SOCRATES: They will not.

STRANGER: Then, returning to the point which we were just now

discussing, do we not clearly see that there is one science of all

of them; and this science may be called either royal or political or

economical; we will not quarrel with any one about the name.

YOUNG SOCRATES: Certainly not.

STRANGER: This too, is evident, that the king cannot do much with his

hands, or with his whole body, towards the maintenance of his empire,

compared with what he does by the intelligence and strength of his mind.

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