The City of the Sun

but there are many male and female magistrates In this context, these are high-ranking officials or ministers overseeing specific social functions. dedicated to these arts.

Metaphysic, then, with these three rulers The three subordinate rulers are Power, Wisdom, and Love., manages all the above-named matters, and even by himself alone nothing is done; all business is discharged by the four together, but in whatever Metaphysic inclines to the rest are sure to agree.

Grand Master: Tell me, please, of the magistrates, their services and duties, of the education and mode of living, whether the government is a monarchy, a republic, or an aristocracy.

Captain: This race of men came there from India, flying from the sword of the Magi original: "Magi"; likely referring to Persian Zoroastrian priests or a specific ruling caste perceived as oppressive., a race of plunderers and tyrants who laid waste their country, and they determined to lead a philosophic life in fellowship with one another. Although the community of wives is not instituted among the other inhabitants of their province, among them it is in use after this manner: All things are common with them, and their dispensation is by the authority of the magistrates. Arts and honors and pleasures are common, and are held in such a manner that no one can appropriate anything to himself.

They say that all private property is acquired and improved for the reason that each one of us by himself has his own home and wife and children. From this, self-love springs. For when