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“After this, then,” said I,
“comes the manner of song and tunes?”
“Obviously.” “And having gone thus far, could
not everybody discover what we must say of their character in order to
conform to what has already been said?” “I am afraid
that 'everybody' does not include me,” laughed Glaucon1;
“I cannot sufficiently divine off-hand what we ought to say,
though I have a suspicion.” “You certainly, I
presume,” said I,
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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