The Republic, by Plato. Part II.
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The Audacious Fiction of the King
"I am inclined to think that this is the sort of way in which our rulers and guardians should be chosen and appointed," he said. "How, then, may we devise one of these needful falsehoods of which we lately spoke?" I asked. "'You will not wonder,' I replied, at my hesitation when you have heard.' And fear not." He went on: 'They are to be told that their youth was a dream, and the education and training which they received from us an appearance only'
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