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Plato and Benjamin Jowett
Madman, arms not to be returned to a, 1. 331; fancies of madmen, 8. 573 C.
Magic, 10. 602 D.
Magistrates, elected by lot in democracy, 8. 557 A.
Magnanimity, (μεγαλόπρεπεια), one of the philosopher’s virtues, 6. 486 A, 490 E, 494 A.
Maker, the, not so good a judge as the user, 10. 601 C [cp. Crat. 390].
Man, ‘the master of himself,’ 4. 430 E [cp. Laws 1. 626 E foll.]; ‘the form and likeness of God,’ 6. 501 B [cp. Phaedr. 248 A; Theaet. 176 C; Laws 4. 716 D]; his unimportance, 10. 604 B (cp. 6. 486 A, 361 and Laws 1. 644 E; 7. 803); has the power to choose his own destiny, 10. 617 E; —the one best man, 6. 502 [cp. Pol. 301]: —Men are not just of their own will, 2. 366 C; unite in the state in order to supply each other’s wants, ib. 369; —the nature of men and women, 5. 453–455; —analogy of men and animals, ib. 459; —three classes of, 9. 581.
Manners, influenced by education, 4. 424, 425; cannot be made the subject of legislation, ibid.; freedom of, in democracies, 8. 563 A.
‘Many,’ the term, as applied to the beautiful, the good, &c., 6. 507.
Many, the, flatter their leaders into thinking themselves statesmen, 4. 426; wrong in their notions about the honourable and the good, 6. 493 E; would lose their harsh feeling towards philosophy if they could see the true philosopher, ib.500; their pleasures and pains, 9. 586; —‘the great beast,’ 6. 493. Cp. Multitude.
Marionette players, 7. 514 B.
Marriage, holiness of, 5. 458 E, 459; age for, ib.460; prayers and sacrifices at, ibid.; —marriage festivals, ib. 459, 460.
Marsyas, Apollo to be preferred to, 3. 399 E.
Mathematics, 7. 522–532; use of hypotheses in, 6. 510; —mathematical notions perceived by a faculty of the soul, 6. 511 C: —the mathematician not usually a dialectician, 7. 531 E.
Mean, happiness of the, 10. 619 A [cp. Laws 3. 679 A; 5. 728 E; 7. 792 D].
Meanness, unknown to the philosopher, 6. 486 A; characteristic of the oligarchs, 8. 554.
Measurement, art of, corrects the illusions of sight, 10. 602 D.
Meat, roast, the best diet for soldiers, 3. 404 D.
Medicine, cause of, 3. 405; not intended to preserve unhealthy and intemperate subjects, ib.406 foll., 408 A; 4. 426 A [cp. Tim. 89 B]; the two kinds of, 5. 459 [cp. Laws 4. 720]; use of incantations in, 4. 426 A; —analogy of, employed in the definition of justice, 1. 332 C.
Megara, battle of, 2. 368 A.
Melody, in education, 3. 398 foll.; its influence, 10. 601 B.
Memory, the philosopher should have a good, 6. 486 D, 490 E, 494 A; 7. 535 B.
Mendicant prophets, 2. 364 C.
Menelaus, treatment of, when wounded, 3. 408 A.
Menoetius, father of Patroclus, 3. 388 C.
Mental blindness, causes of, 7. 518.
Merchants, necessary in the state, 2. 371.
Metaphysics; absolute ideas, 5. 476; —abstract and relative ideas, 7. 524; —analysis of knowledge, 6. 510; —qualifications of relative and correlative, 4. 437 foll.; 7. 524. Cp. Idea, Logic.
Metempsychosis, 10. 617. Cp. Soul.
Midas, wealth of, 3. 408 B.
Might and right, 1. 338 foll. [cp. Gorg. 483, 489; Laws 1. 627; 3. 690; 10. 890].
Miletus, Thales of, 10. 600 A.
Military profession, the, 2. 374.
Mimetic art, in education, 3. 394 foll.; the same person cannot succeed in tragedy and comedy, ib. 395 A; imitations lead to habit, ib. D; men acting women’s part, ib. E; influence on character, ibid. foll. Cp. Imitation.
‘Mine and thine,’ a common cause of dispute, 5. 462.
Ministers of the state must be educated, 7. 519. See Ruler. 362
Miser, the, typical of the oligarchical state, 8. 555 A (cp. 559 D).
Misfortune, to be borne with patience, 3. 387; 10. 603–606.
Models (or types), by which the poets are to be guided in their compositions, 2. 379 A.
Moderation, necessity of, 5. 466 B [cp. Laws 3. 690 E; 5. 732, 736 E].
Momus (god of jealousy), 6. 487 A.