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and who cannot
be beguiled we must accept and the other kind we must cross off from our
list. Is not that so?” “Yes.” “And
again we must subject them to toils and pains and competitions in which we
have to watch for the same traits.” “Right,”
he said. “Then,” said I, “must we not
institute a third kind of competitive test with regard to sorcery and
observe them in that? Just as men conduct colts to noises and uproar to see
if they are liable to take fright, so we must bring these lads while young
into fears
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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