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for
the gratification of such desires.” “And
rightly,” he said. “And if we should also say that its
pleasure and its love were for gain or profit, should we not thus best bring
it together under one head1 in our discourse so as to understand each other when we
speak of this part of the soul, and justify our calling it the money-loving
and gain-loving part?” “I, at any rate, think
so,” he said. “And, again, of the high-spirited element,
do we not say that it is wholly set on predominance and victory and good
repute?”
1 Since there is no one specific name for the manifold forms of this part (580 D-E), a makeshift term is to be used for convenience' sake. See also p. 371, note e.
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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