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but do not see the
beautiful itself and are unable to follow another's guidance1 to
it, and many just things, but not justice itself, and so in all
cases—we shall say that such men have opinions about all things,
but know nothing of the things they opine.” “Of
necessity.” “And, on the other hand, what of those who
contemplate the very things themselves in each case, ever remaining the same
and unchanged—shall we not say that they know and do not merely
opine?” “That, too, necessarily follows.”
“Shall we not also say that the one welcomes to his thought and
loves the things
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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