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Quotation from Euthydemus by Plato
“Try and examine her well and truly, and if she be evil seek to turn away all men from her, and not your sons only; but if she be what I believe that she is, then follow her and serve her, you and your house, as the saying is, and be of good cheer”
Euthydemus, 307b-c, trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892)
The closing words, urging Crito to judge philosophy itself rather than its unworthy teachers.
Citation: "Try and examine her well and truly, and if she be evil seek to turn away all men from her, and not your sons only; but if she be what I believe that she is, then follow her and serve her, you and your house, as the saying is, and be of good cheer" — Plato, Euthydemus, 307b-c, trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892). (id plato-euthydemus-q7)
