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ἐπεὶ . . . ἀδικεῖν: this is not meant in earnest, but is a reductio ad absurdum of the preceding words of Socrates, which are so opposed to Polus' view. On ἐπεί cf. 471 e, and see GMT. 718, where this clause is cited as interrogative.

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