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his better desires would have the upper hand over the worse.”
“It is so.” “And for this reason, I presume,
such a man would be more seemly, more respectable, than many others; but the
true virtue of a soul in unison and harmony1 with itself would escape him and dwell afar.”
“I think so.” “And again, the thrifty stingy
man would be a feeble competitor personally
1 Cf. on 443 D-E, Vol. I. p. 414, note e; also Phaedo 61 A, and What Plato Said, p. 485 on Laches 188 D.
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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