Women and children are to be common; and no parent is to know his own child, nor any child his parent.
Philosopher, The Republic
Women and children are to be common; and no parent is to know his own child, nor any child his parent.
Philosopher, The Republic
Plato's Republic V, 457d, describing the communal family for guardians
c. 375 BCE
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