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And at his side let us place the just man in his nobleness and simplicity, wishing, as Aeschylus says, to be and not to seem good. There must be no seeming, for if he seem to be just he will be honoured and rewarded, and then we shall not know whether he is just for the sake of justice or for the sake of honours and rewards; therefore, let him be clothed in justice only, and have no other covering; and he must be imagined in a state of life the opposite of the former. Let him be the best of men, and let him be thought the worst; then he will have been put to the proof; and we shall see whether he will be affected by the fear of infamy and its consequences. And let him continue thus to the hour of death; being just and seeming to be unjust
i've been doing waaaay too much thinking today. and i've been rereading Plato's morality and happiness waaaaaay too many times. so many thoughts going through my head. just slow down for a second.
i've been doing waaaay too much thinking today. and i've been rereading Plato's morality and happiness waaaaaay too many times. so many thoughts going through my head. just slow down for a second.