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τὴν μὲν δὴ σχολὴν οὕτω κατεσκευάσατο αὑτῷ τε καὶ τοῖς περὶ αὐτόν, ἤρχετο δ᾽ ἐπιστατεῖν τοῦ εἶναι οἵους δεῖ τοὺς κοινῶνας. πρῶτον μὲν ὁπόσοι ὄντες ἱκανοὶ ἄλλων ἐργαζομένων τρέφεσθαι μὴ παρεῖεν ἐπὶ τὰς θύρας, τούτους ἐπεζήτει, νομίζων τοὺς μὲν παρόντας οὐκ ἂν ἐθέλειν οὔτε κακὸν οὔτε αἰσχρὸν οὐδὲν πράττειν καὶ διὰ τὸ παρ᾽ ἄρχοντι εἶναι καὶ διὰ τὸ εἰδέναι ὅτι ὁρῷντ᾽ ἂν ὅ τι πράττοιεν ὑπὸ τῶν βελτίστων: οἳ δὲ μὴ παρεῖεν, τούτους ἡγεῖτο ἢ ἀκρατείᾳ τινὶ ἢ ἀδικίᾳ ἢ ἀμελείᾳ ἀπεῖναι.
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