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and so he will
himself be more reasonable and moderate, and bring credit rather than discredit
upon his pursuit.” “Right,” he said.
“And were not all our preceding statements made with a view to this
precaution our requirement that those permitted to take part in such discussions
must have orderly and stable natures, instead of the present practice1 of admitting to
it any chance and unsuitable applicant?” “By all
means,” he said.“Is it
enough, then, to devote to the continuous and strenuous study of dialectics
undisturbed by anything else, as in the corresponding discipline in bodily
exercises,
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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