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not it may be to
every man but to the good man. Not to cheat any man even unintentionally or
play him false, not remaining in debt to a god1 for some sacrifice or to a man for money, so to
depart in fear to that other world—to this result the possession
of property contributes not a little. It has also many other uses. But,
setting one thing against another, I would lay it down, Socrates, that for a
man of sense this is the chief service of wealth.” “An
admirable sentiment, Cephalus,”
1 Cf. the famous, “We owe a cock to Aesculapius,”Phaedo 118 A. Cf. further, Browne, Christian Morals, i. 26 “Well content if they be but rich enough to be honest, and to give every man his due.”
Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vols. 5 & 6 translated by Paul Shorey. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1969.
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