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In fact, let me even say a little more about this.
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The institutional and educational requirements of Plato's
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Republic share many features with a place like Yale.
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For example, in both the Platonic Kallipolis, the just city,
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as well as this place, men and women--
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men and women--are selected at a relatively early age
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because of their capacities for leadership, for courage, for self-discipline,
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and responsibility.
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They spend several years living together, eating together in common mess halls,
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exercising together, and studying together, of course,
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far from the oversight of their parents.
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The best of them are winnowed out to pursue further study