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PLATON ET LA SCIENCE SOCIALE
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à la Sciencesociale,trad,franc.(1874),p. 51-53.Lo.rapproche-
,1. Introduction
mentdontil s'agitest signalépar M. Espinas,dans la trèsintéressante inlro-
ductionqu'il a écritepourune éditionclassique du sixièmelivrede ia Répu-
blique(Alean,1886),p. 95.
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1. Pol. II, 2, 12G1a, 22-24,29 sq.; Ill, 4, 1277a, 5. Mais l'objetde la constitu-
tion,c'est d'établirentreces individusdifférents cetteidentitéqui résultede
régalitépolitique: ce qui explique les formules, en apparenceopposéesaux
précédentes, de VII [IV],8, 1328a, 35-37;IV [VI], H, 1295b, 25-27.
Rev. Méta. - T. XXI (n° 2-1913. 15
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III
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l'étatprésentdu savoir,malgrél'enveloppe mythique dont elles se
revêtent parfois,ces tentatives
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Politiqueet des Météorologiques1,que plusieurs idées trèsimpor-
i. Pol. I, 2, 1252 b, 18-24; 9, 1257a, 24; II, 8, 1268 b, 39 sq., 1269«, 5; VII
[IV],
10, 1329b, 25-27.- Météor.I, 3, 339 6, 27-30(cf. Platon, Lois, 3, 676 6c); 14, etc.
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1. Rép., 5, 460 ac, 461 c (cf. Tim., 19 a); Lois, 5, 737 c-738 b, 740 6-e; 6, 784 h.
Comparer les mesures non moins radicales et plus précises qu'indique dans le
meine sens la Politique d'Aristote,III, 6, 1265a, 38-6, 17; VII [IV], 4, 1326 a, 5 ad
fin.; 16, 13356, 19 ad fin.Sur ces questions on peut consulter Guiraud, La popu-
lation en Grèce, Rev. de Paris, 15 octobre 1904(publié dans Etudes économiques
sur l'antiquité),et G. Glotz,L'exposition des enfants,dans Études sociales et juri-
diques sur Vantiquité grecque (1906).
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VI
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VIII
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