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Quotation from Protagoras by Plato
“he who desires to inflict rational punishment does not retaliate for a past wrong which cannot be undone; he has regard to the future”
Protagoras, Stephanus 324a-b, trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892)
Protagoras argues that the practice of punishment proves people believe virtue can be acquired, since punishment aims to deter and reform.
Citation: "he who desires to inflict rational punishment does not retaliate for a past wrong which cannot be undone; he has regard to the future" — Plato, Protagoras, Stephanus 324a-b, trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892). (id plato-protagoras-q4)
