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we must now require that they not only be virile
and vigorous1 in
temper, but that they possess also the gifts of nature suitable to this type of
education.” “What qualities are you
distinguishing?” “They must have, my friend, to begin with,
a certain keenness for study, and must not learn with difficulty. For souls are
much more likely to flinch and faint2 in severe studies than in
gymnastics, because the toil touches them more nearly, being peculiar to them
and not shared with the body.” “True,” he said.
“And
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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