[535d]
I said, “the aspirant to
philosophy must not limp1 in his industry, in the one half of
him loving, in the other shunning, toil. This happens when anyone is a lover of
gymnastics and hunting and all the labors of the body, yet is not fond of
learning or of listening2 or inquiring, but in all such matters hates work.
And he too is lame whose industry is one-sided in the reverse way.”
“Most true,” he said. “Likewise in respect of
truth,” I said, “we shall regard as maimed
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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