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as the greatest cities declare, and the sons of gods, who became the poets
and prophets1 of the gods, and who reveal
that this is the truth.“On what
further ground, then, could we prefer justice to supreme injustice? If we
combine this with a counterfeit decorum, we shall prosper to our heart's
desire, with gods and men in life and death, as the words of the multitude
and of men of the highest authority declare. In consequence, then, of all
that has been said, what possibility is there, Socrates, that any man
1 Or rather “mouthpieces.”
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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