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They are such touches of nature as the art of Defoe might have

introduced when he wished to win credibility for marvels and

apparitions.

There still remain to be considered some points which have been

intentionally reserved to the end: (1) the Janus-like character

of the Republic, which presents two faces-one an Hellenic state,

the other a kingdom of philosophers. Connected with the latter of

the two aspects are (2) the paradoxes of the Republic, as they

have been termed by Morgenstern: (a) the community of property;

(b) of families; (c) the rule of philosophers; (d) the analogy of

the individual and the State, which, like some other analogies in

the Republic, is carried too far.