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Would she not be richer if she had a larger revenue?
Oh yes, presumably.
Now tell me, from what sources are the city’s revenues at present derived and what is their total? No doubt you have gone into this matter, in order to raise the amount of any that are deficient and supply any that are lacking.
Certainly not, exclaimed Glaucon, I haven’t gone into that.
Would she not be richer if she had a larger revenue?
Oh yes, presumably.
Now tell me, from what sources are the city’s revenues at present derived and what is their total? No doubt you have gone into this matter, in order to raise the amount of any that are deficient and supply any that are lacking.
Certainly not, exclaimed Glaucon, I haven’t gone into that.
Memorabilia. Xenophon. Edgar Carew Marchant (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1923.
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