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an after-rising image of it and not an altogether
unmixed falsehood. Is not that so?” “By all
means.”“Essential
falsehood, then, is hated not only by gods but by men.”
“I agree.” “But what of the falsehood in
words, when and for whom is it serviceable so as not to merit abhorrence?
Will it not be against enemies? And when any of those whom we call friends
owing to madness or folly attempts to do some wrong, does it not then become
useful
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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