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if for
everything that which is best may be said to be most its
‘own’1?” “But indeed,” he said,
“it is most truly its very own.” “Then when
the entire soul accepts the guidance of the wisdom-loving part and is not
filled with inner dissension,2 the result
for each part is that it in all other respects keeps to its own task3 and is just, and likewise that
each enjoys its own proper pleasures and the best pleasures and,
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