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What is honored in a culture gets cultivated there

What is honored in a culture gets cultivated there

What is honored in a culture gets cultivated there. (Plato, The Republic)

A cloud is more real than all my thoughts

It is not unreasonable to want repentance from a wrongdoer before forgiving that wrongdoer, since, in the absence of repentance, hasty forgiveness may harm both the forgiver and the wrongdoer. The forgiver may be harmed by a failure to show self-respect. The wrongdoer may be harmed by being deprived of an important incentive – the desire to be forgiven – that could move him toward repentance and moral rebirth

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