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that the just
man receives from gods and men in addition to those blessings which justice
herself bestowed.” “And right fair and abiding
rewards,” he said. “Well, these,” I said,
“are nothing in number and magnitude compared with those that
await both1 after death. And we must listen to the tale of them,”
said I, “in order that each may have received in full2 what is due to be said of him by our argument.”
“Tell me,” he said,
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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