Book 2
1261a
Now for all the citizens to have their wives in common involves a variety of difficulties; in particular,(1) 1.3-7; (2) 1.8-2.11; (3) 2.11-13; also (4) other objections 2.15-16. (1) the object which Socrates advances as the reason why this enactment should be made clearly does not follow from his arguments; also (2) as a means to the end which he asserts should be the fundamental object of the city, the scheme as actually set forth in the dialogue is not practicable; yet (3) how it is to be further worked out has been nowhere definitely stated. I refer to the ideal of the fullest possible unity of the entire state, which Socrates takes as his fundamental principle.
