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consummate

art an

ideal of a

perfectly

beautiful

man, he

was unable

to show

that any

such man

could ever

have

existed?

He would

be none

the worse.

Well, and

were we

not

creating

an ideal

of a

perfect

State? To

be sure.

And is our

theory a

worse

theory

because we

are unable

to prove

the

possibility

of a city

being

ordered in

the manner

described?

Surely

not, he

replied.

That is

the truth,

I said.

But if, at

your

request, I

am to try

and show