Republic (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (2010)
Republic (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)
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386 Yes; and I think that our principles are right, he said.
But if they are to be courageous, must they not learn other lessons beside these, and lessons of such a kind as will take away the fear of death? Can any man be courageous who has the fear of death in him?
b Certainly not, he said.
And can he be fearless of death, or will he choose death in battle rather than defeat and slavery, who believes the world below to be real and terrible?
Impossible.
Then we must assume a control over the nar...rators of this class of tales as well as over the others, and beg them not simply to revile, but rather to commend the world below, intimating to them that their descriptions are untrue, and will do harm to our future warriors.
c That will be our duty, he said.
Then, I said, we shall have to obliterate many obnoxious passages, beginning with the verses“I would rather be a serf on the land of a poor and portionless man than rule over all the dead who have come to naught.”bk We must also expunge the verse, which tells us how Pluto feared And again: “O heavens!
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
386 Yes; and I think that our principles are right, he said.
But if they are to be courageous, must they not learn other lessons beside these, and lessons of such a kind as will take away the fear of death? Can any man be courageous who has the fear of death in him?
b Certainly not, he said.
And can he be fearless of death, or will he choose death in battle rather than defeat and slavery, who believes the world below to be real and terrible?
Impossible.
Then we must assume a control over the nar...rators of this class of tales as well as over the others, and beg them not simply to revile, but rather to commend the world below, intimating to them that their descriptions are untrue, and will do harm to our future warriors.
c That will be our duty, he said.
Then, I said, we shall have to obliterate many obnoxious passages, beginning with the verses“I would rather be a serf on the land of a poor and portionless man than rule over all the dead who have come to naught.”bk We must also expunge the verse, which tells us how Pluto feared And again: “O heavens!
What to read after Republic (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Plato to read onlineMoreLess
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