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the harsh necessities,
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requirements of political life?
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Socrates seems to be in some respects
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an example of what Hegel in the nineteenth century
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described as a beautiful soul,you know
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And he used that term ironically I should say,
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Someone who puts their own
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private moral incorruptibility above all else
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And we all probably know or have read
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about people like this.
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How does Socrates answer these charges of,
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in a way being not just an abstainer but