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Now the laws forbid the same man to be
tried twice on the same issue, be it a civil action, a scrutiny, a contested
claim, or anything else of the sort. But quite apart from all this, it would be
a most absurd result if on the first occasion the services of Chabrias
outweighed the arguments of Leodamas, but when to his services were added those
of all the other benefactors, then the combined effect should be weaker than the
arguments.
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