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work together for the best1 for him that is
dear to the gods, apart from the inevitable evil caused by sin in a former
life2?” “By all means.”
“This, then, must be our conviction about the just man, that
whether he fall into poverty or disease or any other supposed evil, for him
all these things will finally prove good, both in life and in death. For by
the gods assuredly that man will never be neglected who is willing and eager
to be righteous, and by the practice of virtue to be likened unto god3
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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