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together with the men, not only
the young, but even the older, like old men in gymnasiums,1 when, though wrinkled and
unpleasant to look at, they still persist in exercising?”
“Yes, on my word,” he replied, “it would seem
ridiculous under present conditions.” “Then,”
said I, “since we have set out to speak our minds, we must not
fear all the jibes2 with which the wits would greet so great a revolution,
and the sort of things they would say about gymnastics
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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