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[292b] and allow the citizens to beat one another unjustly?

Socrates
Oh no that is not allowed at all.

Hippias
Then he will have to pay a penalty for beating you unjustly.

Socrates
I do not think so, Hippias. No, if I were to make that reply, the beating would be just, I think.

Hippias
Then I think so, too, Socrates, since that is your own belief.

Socrates
Shall I, then, not tell you why it is my own belief that the beating would be just, if I made that reply? Or will you also beat me without trial? Or will you listen to what I have to say?


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