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Plato, Laws 655b

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Plato, Laws 655b Ancient Greek Plato, Laws
ὀρθῶς προσαγορεύειν ἔχει τὰ μὲν τῶν ἀνδρείων καλά, τὰ τῶν δειλῶν δὲ αἰσχρά. καὶ ἵνα δὴ μὴ μακρολογία πολλή τις γίγνηται περὶ ταῦθʼ ἡμῖν ἅπαντα, ἁπλῶς ἔστω τὰ μὲν ἀρετῆς ἐχόμενα ψυχῆς ἢ σώματος, εἴτε αὐτῆς εἴτε τινὸς εἰκόνος, σύμπαντα σχήματά τε καὶ μέλη καλά, τὰ δὲ κακίας αὖ, τοὐναντίον ἅπαν. ὀρθῶς τε προκαλῇ καὶ ταῦθʼ ἡμῖν οὕτως ἔχειν ἀποκεκρίσθω τὰ νῦν. ἔτι δὴ τόδε· πότερον ἅπαντες πάσαις χορείαις
and one is right in calling those of the brave man good, and those of the coward bad. To avoid a tediously long disquisition, let us sum up the whole matter by saying that the postures and tunes which attach to goodness of soul or body, or to some image thereof, are universally good, while those which attach to badness are exactly the reverse. Your pronouncement is correct, and we now formally endorse it. Another point:—do we all delight equally
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