The Republic · ¶5050
Human interests, unimportance of, 10. 604 B (cp. 6. 486 A, and Theaet. 173; Laws 1. 644 E; 7. 803); —life, full of evils, 2. 379 C; shortness of, 10. 608 D; —nature, incapable of doing many things well, 3. 395 B; —sacrifices, 8. 565 D.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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