The Republic · Rep. 491d
There is reason in supposing that the finest natures, when under alien conditions, receive more injury than the inferior, because the contrast is greater.Read in context ›
Plato · translated by Benjamin Jowett · composite transcription based on the 1888 third edition
Benjamin Jowett, revised third edition (1888), with Stephanus numbering from the 1908 edition; composite transcription, Project Gutenberg #55201
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