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Plato, Laws 900e

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Plato, Laws 900e Ancient Greek Plato, Laws
τί δέ; ἀρετῆς μὲν ἀνδρείαν εἶναι, δειλίαν δὲ κακίας; πάνυ μὲν οὖν. καὶ τὰ μὲν αἰσχρὰ τούτων, τὰ δὲ καλὰ φήσομεν; ἀνάγκη. καὶ τῶν μὲν προσήκειν ἡμῖν, εἴπερ, ὁπόσα φλαῦρα, θεοῖς δὲ οὔτε μέγα οὔτε σμικρὸν τῶν τοιούτων μετὸν ἐροῦμεν; καὶ ταῦθʼ οὕτως ὁμολογοῖ πᾶς ἄν. τί δέ; ἀμέλειάν τε καὶ ἀργίαν καὶ τρυφὴν εἰς ἀρετὴν ψυχῆς θήσομεν, ἢ πῶς λέγεις; καὶ πῶς; ἀλλʼ εἰς τοὐναντίον; ναί.
And shall we say that some of these are foul, others fair? Necessarily. And shall we say that all such as are mean belong to us, if to anyone, whereas the gods have no share in any such things, great or small? To this, too, everyone would assent. Well then, shall we reckon neglect, idleness and indolence as goodness of soul? Or how say you? How could we? As the opposite, then? Yes.
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Plato, Laws 900e — Perseus Digital Library — canonical-greekLit (Tufts University) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc2:900e