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“but whether it is not the fact that the just
man does not claim and wish to outdo the just man but only the
unjust?” “That is the case,” he replied.
“How about the unjust then? Does he claim to overreach and outdo
the just man and the just action?” “Of
course,” he said, “since he claims to overreach and get
the better of everything.” “Then the unjust man will
overreach and outdo also both the unjust man and the unjust action, and all
his endeavor will be to get the most in everything for himself.”
“That is so.”“Let us put it in this way,” I said; “the
just man does not seek to take advantage of his like but of his unlike, but
the unjust man
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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