to meet
that which
I liken to
the
greatest
of the
waves; yet
shall the
word be
spoken,
even
though the
wave break
and drown
me in
laughter
and
dishonour;
and do you
mark my
words.
Proceed. I
said:
‘Until
philosophers
are Kings,
or the
Kings and
princes of
this world
have the
spirit and
power of
philosophy,
and
political
greatness
and wisdom
meet in
one, and
those
commoner
natures
who pursue
either to
the
exclusion
of the
other are
compelled
