to
friendship
and good
fellowship
in states
than this:
for good
fellowship
springs
from
friendship;
when men
are at
enmity
with one
another,
they would
rather not
even share
the same
path. But
a city
ought to
be
composed,
as far as
possible,
of equals
and
similars;
and these
are
generally
the middle
classes.
Wherefore
the city
which is
composed
of
middle-class
citizens
is
necessarily
best
constituted
in respect
of the
elements
of which
