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His dwelling is neither in heaven nor earth, but in the heart of

man. This is that image which Plato saw dimly in the distance,

which, when existing among men, he called, in the language of

Homer, 'the likeness of God,' the likeness of a nature which in

all ages men have felt to be greater and better than themselves,

and which in endless forms, whether derived from Scripture or

nature, from the witness of history or from the human heart,

regarded as a person or not as a person, with or without parts or

passions, existing in space or not in space, is and will always

continue to be to mankind the Idea of Good.

THE REPUBLIC.

PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE.

Socrates, who is the narrator.

Glaucon.

Adeimantus.

Polemarchus.

Cephalus.

Thrasymachus.

Cleitophon.

And others who are mute auditors.