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quickly irritated by slight stimuli,
and as quickly quelled. The outcome is that such men are choleric and
irascible instead of high-spirited, and are peevish and
discontented.” “Precisely so.” “On
the other hand, if a man toils hard at gymnastics and eats right lustily and
holds no truck with music and philosophy, does he not at first get very fit
and full of pride and high spirit and become more brave and bold than he
was?” “He does indeed.” “But what if
he does nothing but this and has no contact with the Muse in any way,
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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