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 1      I, II  |      enough to be nearly or quite self-sufficing, the state comes into existence,
 2      I, II  |      thing is the best, and to be self-sufficing is the end and the best.~
 3      I, II  | individual, when isolated, is not self-sufficing; and therefore he is like
 4     II, II  |        good; for a family is more self-sufficing than an individual, and
 5     II, II  |   community is large enough to be self-sufficing. If then self-sufficiency
 6    III, IX  |         the sake of a perfect and self-sufficing life. Such a community can
 7    III, IX  |         villages in a perfect and self-sufficing life, by which we mean a
 8     IV, IV  |          state is independent and self-sufficing, but a slave is the reverse
 9     VI, VIII|      readiest way to make a state self-sufficing and so fulfill the purpose
10    VII, IV  |           as a state ought to be, self-sufficing; when of too many, though
11    VII, IV  |          when of too many, though self-sufficing in all mere necessaries,
12    VII, V   |  territory which is most entirely self-sufficing; and that must be the territory
13    VII, VIII|       community can be absolutely self-sufficing. A state then should be