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Plato

Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality.

Plato

Nature

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Plato is saying that both tradition and the natural order agree it is worse to commit an unfair act than to be the victim of one. He also states that true justice means treating people equally.

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