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his reputed father and mother and other kin than the
flatterers, and that there would be less likelihood of his allowing them to lack
for anything, and that he would be less inclined to do or say to them anything
unlawful, and less liable to disobey them in great matters than to disobey the
flatterers—during the time when he did not know the truth.”
“It is probable,” he said. “But when he found out
the truth, I surmise that he would grow more remiss in honor and devotion to
them and pay more regard to the flatterers, whom he would heed
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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