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than the sun of
Heracleitus,1
inasmuch as it is never rekindled.” “And what should
they do?” he said. “Just the reverse. While they are
lads and boys they should occupy themselves with an education and a culture
suitable to youth, and while their bodies are growing to manhood take right
good care of them, thus securing a basis and a support2 for the intellectual life.
But with the advance of age, when the soul begins to attain its maturity,
they should make its exercises more severe, and when
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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