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and live that life?” “Yes,” he said,
“I think that he would choose to endure anything rather than such a
life.” “And consider this also,” said I,
“if such a one should go down again and take his old place would he
not get his eyes full1 of darkness,
thus suddenly coming out of the sunlight?” “He would
indeed.” “Now if he should be required to contend with these
perpetual prisoners
1 On the metaphor of darkness and light cf. also Soph. 254 A.
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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