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If I were you and the argument escaped me, I would take an oath, like the Argives, not to let my hair grow until I had renewed the fight and won a victory over the argument of Simmias and Cebes.”“But,” I replied, “they say that even Heracles is not a match for two.”“Well,” said he, “call me to help you, as your Iolaus, while there is still light.”“I call you to help, then,” said I, “not as Heracles calling Iolaus, but as Iolaus calling Heracles.”“That is all one,” said he. “But first let us guard against a danger.”“Of what sort?” I asked.
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Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 1 translated by Harold North Fowler; Introduction by W.R.M. Lamb. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1966.
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