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those, namely, who are to blame for the
quarrel. And on all these considerations they will not be willing to lay
waste the soil, since the majority are their friends, nor to destroy the
houses, but will carry the conflict only to the point of compelling the
guilty to do justice by the pressure of the suffering of the
innocent.” “I,” he said, “agree that
our citizens ought to deal with their Greek opponents on this wise, while
treating barbarians as Greeks now treat Greeks.” “Shall
we lay down this law also, then,
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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