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... tell in that way what color his hair and eyes are ; we can also tell that one man steals while another is scrupulously honest , or that one man is careless about keeping his promises , while another takes his promises with the utmost ...
... tell in that way what color his hair and eyes are ; we can also tell that one man steals while another is scrupulously honest , or that one man is careless about keeping his promises , while another takes his promises with the utmost ...
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... tell true from false ought - judgments ? There is no easy answer to this question . Some philosophers tell us that ought - judgments are not genuine judgments : they are neither true nor false . Others say that they are , indeed , true ...
... tell true from false ought - judgments ? There is no easy answer to this question . Some philosophers tell us that ought - judgments are not genuine judgments : they are neither true nor false . Others say that they are , indeed , true ...
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... tell against the principle that one ought always to tell the truth . At the very least , then , Plato is right in maintaining that one cannot consistently accept Cephalus ' definition as a correct account of the nature of a just man ...
... tell against the principle that one ought always to tell the truth . At the very least , then , Plato is right in maintaining that one cannot consistently accept Cephalus ' definition as a correct account of the nature of a just man ...
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PRELIMINARY EXPLANATIONS ON THE NATURE | 3 |
THE ARGUMENT WITH CEPHALUS | 36 |
THE ARGUMENT WITH THRASYMACHUS | 46 |
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