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
