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“It looks that
way.” “And similarly when a scythe is to be kept safe,
then justice is useful both in public and private. But when it is to be
used, the vinedresser's art is useful?”
“Apparently.” “And so you will have to say
that when a shield and a lyre are to be kept and put to no use, justice is
useful, but when they are to be made use of, the military art and
music.” “Necessarily.” “And so in
all other cases, in the use of each thing, justice is useless but in its
uselessness useful?” “It looks that way.”
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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