The good polis is made by the good person, his moral character intact, and the good polis, in turn, helps turn out good — Rebecca Goldstein, Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away
The good polis is made by the good person, his moral character intact, and the good polis, in turn, helps turn out good — Rebecca Goldstein, Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away
The good polis is made by the good person, his moral character intact, and the good polis, in turn, helps turn out good — Rebecca Goldstein, Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away
The good polis is made by the good person, his moral character intact, and the good polis, in turn, helps turn out good — Rebecca Goldstein, Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away
The good polis is made by the good person, his moral character intact, and the good polis, in turn, helps turn out good — Rebecca Goldstein, Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away
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The good polis is made by the good person, his moral character intact, and the good polis, in turn, helps turn out good persons, their moral character intact.

— Rebecca Goldstein, Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away
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