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Perhaps you may remember some one saying at the beginning of our

discussion that the unjust man was profited if he had the

reputation of justice. Now that we know the nature of justice and

injustice, let us make an image of the soul, which will personify

his words. First of all, fashion a multitudinous beast, having a

ring of heads of all manner of animals, tame and wild, and able

to produce and change them at pleasure. Suppose now another form

of a lion, and another of a man; the second smaller than the

first, the third than the second; join them together and cover

them with a human skin, in which they are completely concealed.

When this has been done, let us tell the supporter of injustice

that he is feeding up the beasts and starving the man.