'With our new luxuries we shall need doctors too, far more than we did before.'
'We certainly shall.'
'And the territory which was formerly enough to support us will now be too small.'
'That is undeniable.'
'If we are to have enough for pasture and plough, we shall have to cut a slice off our neighbours' territory. And if they too are no longer confining themselves to necessities and have embarked on the pursuit of unlimited material possessions, they will want a slice of ours too.'
'The consequence is inevitable.'
'And that will lead to war, Glaucon, will it not?'
'It will.'
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