Plato, Philebus, section 40b

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Protarchus
Yes, certainly.

Socrates
Shall we or shall we not say that of these pictures those are for the most part true which are presented to the good, because they are friends of the gods, whereas those presented to the bad are for the most part false?

Protarchus
Surely we must say that.

Socrates
Then the bad also, no less than the good, have pleasures painted in their souls, but they are false pleasures.

Protarchus
Yes, surely.

Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 9 translated by Harold N. Fowler. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1925.

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