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Socrates
Well now, if you act in this way, I am ready to warrant that you must be happy.Alcibiades
And I can rely on your warranty.Socrates
But if you act unjustly, with your eyes on the godless and dark, the probability is that your acts will resemble these through your ignorance of yourselves.Alcibiades
That is probable.Socrates
For if a man, my dear Alcibiades, is at liberty to do what he pleases, but is lacking in mind, what is the probable result to him personally, or to the state as well? For instance, if he is sick and at liberty to do what he pleases—without a medical mind,
Well now, if you act in this way, I am ready to warrant that you must be happy.Alcibiades
And I can rely on your warranty.Socrates
But if you act unjustly, with your eyes on the godless and dark, the probability is that your acts will resemble these through your ignorance of yourselves.Alcibiades
That is probable.Socrates
For if a man, my dear Alcibiades, is at liberty to do what he pleases, but is lacking in mind, what is the probable result to him personally, or to the state as well? For instance, if he is sick and at liberty to do what he pleases—without a medical mind,