Note 118 — Chapter III · PLATO
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Ar. (Pol. vi [iv]. 1291a12-19) so interprets him, because he finds the origin of the state in physical needs (Rep. 369C ff.), but this is a carping criticism. Blanqui is hardly fair to Plato on this point (Histoire de l’économie politique en Europe, p. 88). Cf. above, p. 22, n. 4, on Plato’s other theory of origins.