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to prove that it
is better than injustice, I have never yet heard stated by any as I desire
to hear it. What I desire is to hear an encomium on justice in and by
itself. And I think I am most likely to get that from you. For which reason
I will lay myself out in praise of the life of injustice, and in so speaking
will give you an example of the manner in which I desire to hear from you in
turn the dispraise of injustice and the praise of justice. Consider whether
my proposal pleases you.” “Nothing could please me
more,” said I;
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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