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and we shall
forthwith be in need of judges to decide between us. But if, as in the
preceding discussion, we come to terms with one another as to what we admit
in the inquiry, we shall be ourselves both judges and pleaders.”
“Quite so,” he said. “Which method do you like
best?” said I. “This one,” he said.“Come then, Thrasymachus,” I
said, “go back to the beginning and answer us. You affirm that
perfect and complete injustice is more profitable than justice that is
complete.”
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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