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in serving him, but themselves
by no manner of means. And you must look at the matter, my simple-minded
Socrates, in this way: that the just man always comes out at a disadvantage
in his relation with the unjust. To begin with, in their business dealings
in any joint undertaking of the two you will never find that the just man
has the advantage over the unjust at the dissolution of the partnership but
that he always has the worst of it. Then again, in their relations with the
state, if there are direct taxes or contributions to be paid, the just man
contributes more from an equal estate and the other less, and when there is
a distribution
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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