It's so touching that Plato slips into the first person for these lines: "my own tears came against my will. So I covered my face. I was weeping for myself, not for him - for my misfortune in being deprived of such a comrade" (117c-d). Even if Plato wasn't present at the jail that day, one can imagine this scene when he heard the news.
It's so touching that Plato slips into the first person for these lines: "my own tears came against my will. So I covered my face. I was weeping for myself, not for him - for my misfortune in being deprived of such a comrade" (117c-d). Even if Plato wasn't present at the jail that day, one can imagine this scene when he heard the news.
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