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of the bodily habit?”
“Surely.” “And is not ignorance and folly in
turn a kind of emptiness of the habit of the soul?” “It
is indeed.” “And he who partakes of nourishment1 and he who gets, wisdom fills the
void and is filled?” “Of course.”
“And which is the truer filling and fulfillment, that of the less
or of the more real being?” “Evidently that of the more
real.” “And which of the two groups or kinds do you
think has a greater part in pure essence, the class of foods, drinks, and
relishes and nourishment generally, or the kind of true opinion,2
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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