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I am forced to admit that, he said.Now, in general, courageous men do not feel base fears, when they fear, nor is there anything base in their boldness?True, he said.And if not base, then it must be honorable?He admitted this.And if honorable, then good?Yes.And the cowardly and the bold and the mad, on the contrary, feel base fears and base boldness?He agreed.Do they feel base and evil boldness solely through stupidity and ignorance?
Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 3 translated by W.R.M. Lamb. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1967.
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