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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Lysis by Plato: are filled with the spirit of pride and vain-glory. Do you not agree with
me?
Yes, he said.
And the more vain-glorious they are, the more difficult is the capture of
them?
I believe you.
What should you say of a hunter who frightened away his prey, and made the
capture of the animals which he is hunting more difficult?
He would be a bad hunter, undoubtedly.
Yes; and if, instead of soothing them, he were to infuriate them with words
and songs, that would show a great want of wit: do you not agree.
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