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[684c] that the lawgivers shall enact laws of such a kind that the masses of the people accept them willingly; just as one might insist that trainers or doctors should make their treatments or cures of men's bodies pleasurable.

Megillus
Exactly so.

Athenian
But in fact one often has to be content if one can bring a body into a sound and healthy state with no great amount of pain.

Megillus
Very true.

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