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The Searcher brings forward all facts indifferently without regard to their moral value ; the Preacher, whose object is the improvement of his hearers, dwells on those tendencies which induce us to do good, well knowing that the opposite side is quite strong enough already ; he bends the crooked stick in one direction, until he gives it proper straightness. But Plato is not merely one-sided, like the Preacher, he runs counter to obvious matters of fact, and moreover contradicts himself. His doc...trine of Justice is subverted by the principle of Reciprocity the very principle which he makes the basis of his model Republic. He is thus at once inconsistent with himself and with Fact. Such is Mr. Grote's view of the Republic from " his own point " of observation. One question only then remains. Is Mr. Grote's point of view the proper one or not ? An illustration from a field which the Anti-Platonist regards as sacred the field of Physical research is the best reply. THE REPUBLIC. 43 There, Similarities and Dissimilarities are blended in apparently inextricable confusion.
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