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and harms his
enemies1; and he
performs sacrifices and dedicates votive offerings to the gods adequately
and magnificently,2 and he serves and pays court3 to men whom he favors and to the gods far better than
the just man, so that he may reasonably expect the favor of heaven4 also to fall
rather to him than to the just. So much better they say, Socrates, is the
life that is prepared for the unjust man from gods and men than that which
awaits the just.”When Glaucon had
thus spoken, I had a mind
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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