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Even Translations have Biases

Here is a common quote from Plato: “One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferior!” Unfortunately it is a bastardization of a much longer quote that is probably translated as: “If the decent are not willing to rule, they are punished by being ruled by worse men.” Here is someones full translation that is almost unreadable: “Hence, necessity and a penalty must be there in addition for them, if they are going to… Read More »Even Translations have Biases