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Yes, he said.And so whatever is done in a certain way is done by that kind of faculty, and whatever in an opposite way, by the opposite kind?He agreed.Pray now, I proceeded, is there such a thing as the beautiful?He granted it.Has this any opposite except the ugly?None.Well, is there such a thing as the good?There is.Has it any opposite but the evil?None.Tell me, is there such a thing as “shrill” in the voice?Yes, he said.Has it any other opposite than “deep.”No, he said.Now, I went on, each single opposite has but one opposite,
Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 3 translated by W.R.M. Lamb. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1967.
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