THE NINTH BOOK.
THE tyrannical man himſelf remains yet to be conſidered, in what manner he ariſes out of the democratic, and what kind of man he is, and whether he is wretched or happy; of thoſe pleaſures and deſires which are not neceſſary, ſome are repugnant to law; theſe indeed appear to ſpring up in every one, but being chaſtiſed by the laws, and the better deſires, along with reaſon, they either forſake ſome men altogether, or are leſs in number, and feeble; in others they are in greater number, and more powerful. Theſe lawleſs deſires are ſuch as are excited in ſleep, when the rational part of the ſoul which governs it is aſleep, and the part which is brutal and ſavage, being filled with meats and drunkenneſs, friſks about, and puſhing away ſleep, wants to go and accompliſh its practices; in ſuch a one it dares to do every thing, as being looſed and diſengaged from all modeſty and diſcretion; for it ſcruples not the embraces, as it imagines, of gods, men, or beaſts; nor to kill any one; in one word, is wanting in no folly nor impudence. There is in every one a certain ſpecies of deſires, which is terrible, ſavage, and irregular, even in ſome who ſeem to us to be entirely moderate.
Recollect now what kind of man we ſaid the democratic one was; educated from his infancy under a parſimonious father, who valued the avaricious deſires alone; but being afterwards converſant with thoſe who are more refined, running into their manner, and all ſort of inſolence, from a deteſtation of his father's parſimony; however, having a better natural temper than thoſe who corrupt him, and being drawn oppoſite ways, he ſettles into a manner in the middle of both, and participating moderately, as he imagines, of each
