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“Of course.” “The
forgetful soul, then, we must not list in the roll of competent lovers of
wisdom, but we require a good memory.” “By all
means.” “But assuredly we should not say that the want
of harmony and seemliness in a nature conduces to anything else than the
want of measure and proportion.” “Certainly.”
“And do you think that truth is akin to measure and proportion or
to disproportion?” “To proportion.”
“Then in addition to our other requirements we look for a mind
endowed with measure and grace, whose native disposition will make it easily
guided
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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