[386a]
Socrates
“Concerning the gods
then,” said I, “this is the sort of thing that we must
allow or not allow them to hear from childhood up, if they are to honor the
gods1 and their fathers and
mothers, and not to hold their friendship with one another in light
esteem.” “That was our view and I believe it
right.” “What then of this? If they are to be brave,
must we not extend our prescription to include also the sayings that will
make them least likely
1 We may, if we choose, see here a reference to the virtue of piety, which some critics fancifully suppose was eliminated by the Euthyphro. Cf. Unity of Plato's Thought, note 58.
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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