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permanent and irreconcilable moral codes.
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The one represented by Socrates regards reason,
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that is to say,
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the sovereign reason of the individual
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as the highest possible authority.
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It is the philosopher's reliance on his own reason
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that frees him
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from the dangerous authority of the state
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and safeguards the individual
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from complicity in the injustice and evils
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that seem to be
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a necessary part of political life.