Plato's Republic 3ii And now let us see how our city will be able to supply this great demand: We may suppose that one man is a husbandman, another a bui

Plato's Republic 3ii And now let us see how our city will be able to supply this great demand: We may suppose that one man is a husbandman, another a builder, some one else a weaver --shall we add to them a shoemaker, or perhaps some other purveyor to our bodily wants?. The barest notion of a State must include four or five men.Clearly. edit: formatting http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/republic.3.ii.html http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/republic.3.ii.html