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of one mind with himself, or just as
in the domain of sight there was faction and strife and he held within
himself contrary opinions at the same time about the same things,1 so also in our actions there is
division and strife2 of the man with himself? But I recall that
there is no need now of our seeking agreement on this point, for in our
former discussion3 we were
sufficiently agreed that our soul at any one moment teems with countless
such self-contradictions.” “Rightly,” he said.
“Yes, rightly,” said I; “but what we then
omitted4 must now, I think,
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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