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[901a]

Athenian
And the opposites of these as of the opposite quality of soul?

Clinias
Of the opposite quality.

Athenian
What then? He who is indolent, careless and idle will be in our eyes what the poet described1—“a man most like to sting-less drones”?

Clinias
A most true description.

Athenian
That God has such a character we must certainly deny, seeing that he hates it; nor must we allow anyone to attempt to say so.

Clinias
We could not possibly allow that.

Athenian
When a person whose duty it is especially to act and care for

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