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Stranger

Str. We have better cause, however, to speak our minds about those whose chief care is the family, in case their conduct is not what it should be.

Younger Socrates

Y. Soc. Yes; very likely. 10

Stranger

Str. The fact is, they act on no right theory at all; they seek their ease for the moment; welcoming gladly those who are like themselves, and finding those who are unlike them unendurable, they give the greatest weight to their feeling of dislike.

Younger Socrates

Y. Soc. How so?

Stranger

Str. The decorous people seek for characters like their own; so far as they can they marry wives of that sort and in turn give their daughters in marriage to men of that sort; and the courageous do the same, eagerly seeking natures of their own kind, whereas both classes ought to do quite the opposite.

Younger Socrates

Y. Soc. How so, and why?

Stranger

Str. Because in the nature of things courage, if propagated through many generations with no admixture of a self-restrained nature, though at first it is strong and flourishing, in the end blossoms forth in utter madness. 15

Younger Socrates

Y. Soc. That is likely.

Stranger

Str. But the soul, on the other hand, that is too full of modesty and contains no alloy of courage or boldness, after many generations of the same kind becomes too sluggish and finally is utterly crippled.

Younger Socrates

Y. Soc. That also is likely to happen.