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by sacrificing to the gods.
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Socrates turns that into the statement that justice means
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paying your debts and returning what is owed to you.
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Cephalus, in an easygoing manner, agrees and then Socrates says, "What
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would you think about returning a weapon that you had borrowed from a
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friend or someone who was in a very depressed"--we might say a depressed
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"frame of mind.
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Would that be just?
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How do you explain that?
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Would you do that if justice means paying your debts
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and giving back to each what is owed?"
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At that moment, Cephalus excuses himself