Plato, Laws, Book 4, section 719a

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[719a]

“The first ascent; but when the crest is won,
'Tis easy travelling, albeit 'twas hard.
”
Hes. WD 287 ff.

Clinias
The poet speaks nobly, I should say.

Athenian
He certainly does. Now I wish to put before you what I take to be the result of the foregoing argument.

Clinias
Do so.

Athenian
Let us address the lawgiver and say: “Tell us, O lawgiver: if you knew what we ought

Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vols. 10 & 11 translated by R.G. Bury. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1967 & 1968.

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