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worship
paid to spirits divine. And we will practice the same observance when any
who have been adjudged exceptionally good in the ordinary course of life die
of old age or otherwise.” “That will surely be
right,” he said. “But again, how will our soldiers
conduct themselves toward enemies?” “In what
respect?” “First, in the matter of making slaves of the
defeated, do you think it right for Greeks to reduce Greek cities1 to slavery, or rather that so far as
they are able, they should not suffer any other city to do so, but should
accustom Greeks
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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