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for mere
bread and relishes1 be
necessary?” “I think so.” “The
appetite for bread is necessary in both respects, in that it is beneficial
and in that if it fails we die.” “Yes.”
“And the desire for relishes, so far as it conduces to
fitness?” “By all means.” “And
should we not rightly pronounce unnecessary the appetite that exceeds these
and seeks other varieties of food, and that by correction2 and training from youth up
can be got rid of in most cases and is harmful to the body and a hindrance
to the soul's attainment of
1 For ὄψον cf. on 372 C, Vol. I. p. 158, note a.
2 For κολαζομένη cf. 571 B, Gorg. 505 B, 491 E, 507 D. For the thought cf. also 519 A-B.
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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