Book Viii of His _philipp. Histories_ (_athen._ Xii. 517_d_ Ff.).

Footnote 1051:

Cf. Poehlmann, I, 362 ff.

Footnote 1052:

Mueller, F.H.G., II, 392, fr. 13; cf. 386 ff.

Footnote 1053:

Diod. i. 6. 93; 4, a platonic ideal.

Footnote 1054:

Ibid. v. 45. 3 ff.

Footnote 1055:

Ibid. 45. 3.

Footnote 1056:

Diod. v. 45. 5; 46. 1 shows that the artisans were included in the communism.

Footnote 1057:

Ibid. 45. 4: τοὺς κάρπους ἀναφέρουσιν εἰς τὸ κοινόν, etc.; though prizes were given for excellence in farming.

Footnote 1058:

Ibid. ii. 55-60.

Footnote 1059:

Ibid. 59.6: ἐναλλάξ δὲ αὐτοὺς τοὺς μὲν ἀλλήλοις διακονεῖν, τοὺς δὲ ἁλιεύειν, τοὺς δὲ περὶ τὰς τέχνας εἶναι, ἄλλους δὲ περὶ ἄλλα τῶν χρησίμων ἀσχολεῖσθαι, τοὺς δ᾽ ἐκ περιόδου κυκλικῆς λειτουργεῖν, πλὴν τῶν ἤδη γεγηρακότων. Cf. p. 34, n. 1, above, on Ruskin’s idea that all should do some head and some hand work. Poehlmann (II, 391, n. 2) compares it to the socialism of Bebel. The implication that Plato’s state is distinguished from this, as a society of citizens who do not work (402 f.), is hardly fair. The proper distinction is rather that Plato insists that each citizen do the particular kind of work for which he is best fitted. It is needless to ask which had the saner view, from the economic or any other standpoint. Jambulus’ repudiation of the division of labor in the interest of equality is certainly one of the most radical measures ever suggested in the history of communism.