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to make some
reply thereto, but his brother Adeimantus said, “You surely don't
suppose, Socrates, that the statement of the case is complete?”
“Why, what else?” I said. “The very most
essential point,” said he, “has not been
mentioned.” “Then,” said I, “as the
proverb has it, 'Let a brother help a man'1—and so, if
Glaucon omits any word or deed, do you come to his aid. Though for my part
what he has already said is quite enough to overthrow me and
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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