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it be
actually impious to stand idly by when justice is reviled and be
faint-hearted and not defend her so long as one has breath and can utter his
voice. The best thing, then, is to aid her as best I can.”
Glaucon, then, and the rest besought me by all means to come to the rescue
and not to drop the argument but to pursue to the end the investigation as
to the nature of each and the truth about their respective advantages. I
said then as I thought: “The inquiry we are undertaking is no easy
one but
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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