The Republic, by Plato. Part II.
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The Tale of the Golden Sun and the Silver Sun
'You had good reason,' he said, "'to be ashamed of the lie which you were going to tell." But there is more coming. I have only told you half.' 'Citizens, we shall say to them in our tale, you are brothers, yet God has framed you differently', says Grelkhan. And as all are of the same original stock, a golden parent will sometimes have a silver sun, or a silver parent a golden sun. Such is the tale. Is there any possibility of making our citizens believe in it? Not in the present generation,. he replied. There is no way of accomplishing this, but their sons may be made to believe in the
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