Note 818 — Chapter XII · THE STATE (C) PHILOSOPHY OF POLITICS

For this “Sun-state” formed of slaves and day-labourers see Pauly-Wissowa, Realencycl., 2, 961. Similarly, the revolutionary King Cleomenes III of Sparta was likewise under the influence of a Stoic, Sphærus. One can understand why “philosophers and rhetors”—i.e., professional politicians, fantastics and subverters—were expelled again and again by the Roman Senate.