STRANGER: But him who cannot, we will not designate by any of the names

which are the subject of the present enquiry.

YOUNG SOCRATES: Very right.

STRANGER: The courageous soul when attaining this truth becomes

civilized, and rendered more capable of partaking of justice; but when

not partaking, is inclined to brutality. Is not that true?

YOUNG SOCRATES: Certainly.

STRANGER: And again, the peaceful and orderly nature, if sharing in

these opinions, becomes temperate and wise, as far as this may be in a

State, but if not, deservedly obtains the ignominious name of silliness.

YOUNG SOCRATES: Quite true.

STRANGER: Can we say that such a connexion as this will lastingly unite

the evil with one another or with the good, or that any science would

seriously think of using a bond of this kind to join such materials?

YOUNG SOCRATES: Impossible.

STRANGER: But in those who were originally of a noble nature, and who

have been nurtured in noble ways, and in those only, may we not say

that union is implanted by law, and that this is the medicine which art

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