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in the belief that this is the conduct of a man, and
what we were praising in the theatre that of a woman.1” “I do note that.” “Do you
think, then,” said I, “that this praise is rightfully
bestowed when, contemplating a character that we would not accept but would
be ashamed of in ourselves, we do not abominate it but take pleasure and
approve?” “No, by Zeus,” he said,
“it does not seem reasonable.”
1 This is qualified in 387 E-388 A by οὐδὲ ταύταις σπουδαίαις. Cf. also 398 E.
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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