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“And who navigators in respect of the perils
of the sea?” “The pilot.” “Well
then, the just man, in what action and for what work is he the most
competent to benefit friends and harm enemies?” “In
making war and as an ally, I should say.” “Very well.
But now if they are not sick, friend Polemarchus, the physician is useless
to them.” “True.” “And so to those
who are not at sea the pilot.” “Yes.”
“Shall we also say this that for those who are not at war the just
man is useless?” “By no means.”
“There is a use then even in peace for justice?”
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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