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“This too,”
said I, “is something that you will discover in dogs and which is
worth our wonder in the creature.” “What?”
“That the sight of an unknown person angers him before he has
suffered any injury, but an acquaintance he will fawn upon though he has
never received any kindness from him. Have you never marvelled at
that?” “I never paid any attention to the matter before
now, but that he acts in some such way is obvious.” “But
surely that is an exquisite
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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