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resembles that of the
sea-god Glaucus1 whose first nature can hardly be made out by those
who catch glimpses of him, because the original members of his body are
broken off and mutilated and crushed and in every way marred by the waves,
and other parts have attached themselves2 to him, accretions of shells3 and sea-weed and rocks, so that
he is more like any wild creature than what he was by nature—even
such, I say, is our vision of the soul marred by countless evils. But we
must look elsewhere, Glaucon.” “Where?” said
he. “To its love of wisdom.
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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