If we add hired servants the State will be complete.

And we may guess that somewhere in the intercourse of the citizens with one another justice and injustice will appear.
Here follows a rustic picture of their way of life.

They spend their days in houses which they have built for themselves; they make their own clothes and produce their own corn and wine.

Their principal food is meal and flour, and they drink in moderation.

They live on the best of terms with each other, and take care not to have too many children.
'But,' said Glaucon, interposing, 'are they not to have a relish ?' Certainly; they will have salt and olives and cheese, vegetables and fruits, and chestnuts to roast at the fire.