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This is what extremely grieves us, that a man who never fought Should contrive our fees to pilfer, one who for his native land Never to this day had oar, or lance, or blister in his hand.
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Epops:
Come let me see, what shall the name be for our city?
Euelpides:
Hence, from the clouds, and these meteoric regions, some all-swelling name.
Pisthetaerus:
Would you Cloud-cuckoo-land?
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Somewhere, what with all these clouds, and all this air, There must be a rare name, somewhere... How do you like "Cloud-Cuckoo-Land"?
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Praxagora:
I want all to have a share of everything and all property to be in common; there will no longer be either rich or poor; [...] I shall begin by making land, money, everything that is private property, common to all. [...]
Blepyrus:
But who will till the soil?
Praxagora:
The slaves.
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Men were only made into "men" with great difficulty even in primitive society: the male is not naturally "a man" any more than the woman. He has to be propped up into that position with some ingenuity, and is always likely to collapse.
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Born:
446 BC
Died:
386 BC
(aged 60)
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