The Republic, by Plato. Part III.
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The Importance of Necessity in Marriage
In a city of the blessed, licentiousness is an unholy thing which the rulers will forbid. Then clearly the next thing will be to make matrimony sacred in the highest degree and what is most beneficial will be deemed sacred. And how can marriages be made most beneficial? That is a question which I put to you, because I see in your house dogs for hunting and of the nobler sort of birds, not a few. Do tell me, have you ever attended to their pairing and breeding? In what particulars?
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