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he
must employ after destroying his former associates.”
“But such are indeed those he does make use of,” he
said. “And these companions admire him,” I said,
“and these new citizens are his associates, while the better sort
hate and avoid him.” “Why should they not?”
“Not for nothing,1” said I, “is
tragedy in general esteemed wise, and Euripides beyond other
tragedians.2”
“Why, pray?” “Because among other utterances
of pregnant thought3 he said,
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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