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in a state, and the wealthy, virtue and the good are less
honored.” “Obviously.” “And that
which men at any time honor they practise,1 and what is not honored is neglected.” “It is
so.” “Thus, finally, from being lovers of victory and
lovers of honor they become lovers of gain-getting and of money, and they
commend and admire the rich man and put him in office but despise the man
who is poor.” “Quite so.” “And is it
not then that they pass a law
1 This sentence has been much quoted. Cf. Cic.Tusc. i. 2 “honos alit artes . . . iacentque ea semper, quae apud quosque inprobantur.” Themistius and Libanius worked it into almost every oration. Cf. Mrs. W. C. Wright, The Emperor Julian, p. 70, n. 3. Cf. also Stallbaum ad loc. For ἀσκεῖται cf. Pindar, Ol. viii. 22.
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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