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that I encourage you to read but is not on your assigned list.
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Socrates writes in Book VIII, 561c,
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"speaking of the democratic soul,
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the democratic man, he also lives along day by day
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gratifying the desire that occurs to him,
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at one time, drinking and listening to the flute."
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Today we have different kinds of music to substitute
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for the flute but you get the point.
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Drinking and listening to the flute,
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at another time downing water and dieting,
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now practicing gymnastics and again idling
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and neglecting everything, and sometimes spending his time