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BOOK VI

by Plato46mFebruary 5th, 2023
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And thus, Glaucon, after the argument has gone a weary way, the true and the false philosophers have at length appeared in view. I do not think, he said, that the way could have been shortened. I suppose not, I said; and yet I believe that we might have had a better view of both of them if the discussion could have been confined to this one subject and if there were not many other questions awaiting us, which he who desires to see in what respect the life of the just differs from that of the unjust must consider. And what is the next question? he asked.
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The difficulty, my friends, is not in avoiding death, but in avoiding unrighteousness; for that runs faster than death

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The difficulty, my friends, is not in avoiding death, but in avoiding unrighteousness; for that runs faster than death

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