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fearing for the polity in his soul1 and must believe what we have said about
poetry.” “By all means,” he said, “I
concur.” “Yes, for great is the struggle,2” I said, “dear Glaucon, a far
greater contest than we think it, that determines whether a man prove good
or bad, so that not the lure of honor or wealth or any office, no, nor of
poetry either, should incite us3 to be careless
of righteousness and all excellence.” “I agree with
you,” he replied, “in view of what we have set forth,
and I think that anyone else would do so too.”
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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