56 ARZSTO TLE 'S POLZTZCS.
- I 7. pi pEpi(ou ahd rai xopi{ov.
ahb refers to some general subject gathered from iv roiahv rrohi-
rriav. The neuter is supported by rh piv and r6 a;, which follow.
6, &rp ra'r virv ~aKr%alpdvlol rrorriv IrriXetpbtv.
I) 'Which already,' i.e. as a matter of fact, without having
recourse to Plato's ideal, the Lacedaemonians are actually carrying
out; or z), 'which at this very time the Lacedaemonians are
trying to carry out [as though they had fallen into desuetude]'
(Schneider). For the use of vh compare ii. 8. 6.
;nrppO%iY according to I), (as often in Plato. See Ast's
Lexicon) is used pleonastically= ' do carry out.' So riv Zirixripq-
crdvrov vrorcpi(rw (v. 7. 13)=riv vcorrpiucivrov. And Plato's
Phaedrus, 265 E, pi lirixripriv xarayvjvai pipos pq8iv.
6, 20. aorri ybp robs piv $;Aaras orov 1#1powpo6s, soh 6; ytopyobs Kai robs
rqvkas ra'l robs aXhows iroAiras.
I) The emphasis is on TOAS p2v and TOAS 6;. 'He makes one
class to consist of the guardians, who are a sort of garrison, and
he makes husbandmen, [or, to these he opposes the husbandmen']
and the artisans and the rest of the citizens.' 2) Bernays trans-
lates, ' For he makes the guardians a sort of garrison and the
husbandmen and the artisans and the others, citizens [held in
check by the garrison],' nding a pause at TOAS Ilhhows. Cp. Rep.
iv. 419. But the opposition between r#~powpuiis and rrohiras is harsh.
For the $powpoi or +;Xorrs had a special right to the name citizens,
whereas the husbandmen, as is implied in $8 23, 28, are hardly to
be reckoned in the State at all. Yet it may be
argued on the other hand, that Aristotle has only an imperfect
recollection of Plato ; that he ' snatches ' at the word +powpoijnas,
and puts into the mouth of Socrates an objection which really
proceeds from Adeimantus, though afterwards paradoxically ad-
mitted by Socrates himself. Nor is it possible to set any limits to
the misinterpretations of Plato passing under the name of Aristotle.
The first vay of taking the passage is confirmed by c. 8. 8 z infra:
bok yip 2v piu p+s rrxviras, 2v 61 yrono;s, rpirov 62 rb rrporroXrpoiiv
KQ; rb &ha Fpv.
Cp. c. 6. $5 2, 3.
- &Ab yhp err' dvayrak TCbGe' 6poiws ck p<, viw y' oi6iv Grirpiorat.
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