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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Symposium by Xenophon: discourse, Autolycus sat regarding Callias. That other, glancing the
while at the beloved one, turned to Socrates.
Call. Then, Socrates, be pleased, as go-between,[92] to introduce me
to the state, that I may employ myself in state affairs and never
lapse from her good graces.[93]
[92] Lit. "as pander."
[93] So Critobulus in the conversation so often referred to. "Mem."
II. vi.
Never fear (he answered), if only people see your loyalty to virtue is
genuine,[94] not of mere repute. A false renown indeed is quickly seen
for what it is worth, being tested; but true courage[95] (save only
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