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Glaucon's Adaptation of the Story of Gyges &Its Implications for Plato's Political TeachingAuthor(s): Mary P. NicholsReviewed work(s):Source: Polity, Vol. 17, No. 1 (Autumn, 1984), pp. 30-39Published by: Palgrave Macmillan Journals

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