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Quotation from Protagoras by Plato

“To all,' said Zeus; 'I should like them all to have a share; for cities cannot exist, if a few only share in the virtues, as in the arts”

Plato (spoken by Protagoras (narrating the myth))

Protagoras, Stephanus 322d (the Great Speech), trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892)

In Protagoras' myth Zeus decides that reverence and justice, unlike medicine or carpentry, must be given to every human being, grounding the democratic practice of letting any citizen speak on justice.

Citation: "To all,' said Zeus; 'I should like them all to have a share; for cities cannot exist, if a few only share in the virtues, as in the arts" — Plato, Protagoras, Stephanus 322d (the Great Speech), trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892). (id plato-protagoras-q3)

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