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Quotation from Laws by Plato
“this is the sacred and golden cord of reason, called by us the common law of the State”
Laws, Book I, trans. Jowett
In the image of human beings as puppets of the gods, the Athenian identifies the one cord every person should hold against the iron cords of passion.
Citation: "this is the sacred and golden cord of reason, called by us the common law of the State" — Plato, Laws, Book I, trans. Jowett. (id plato-laws-q3)
