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Socrates just doesn't care that much about them.
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It's okay what they listen too.
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Nor has anything really been said up
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to this point about the education of the philosopher.
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His interest here is in the creation
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of a tight, and highly disciplined cadre of young warriors
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who will protect the city
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much as watchdogs protect their own home.
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That is to say, recalling Polemarchus,
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those who are good to friends and
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bark and growl at strangers.
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Such individuals will subordinate their