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t appeal to me in any way. Stuf?ng oneself twice a day and
never being alone in bed at nightnot to mention all the habits engen-
dered by that way of life – these things would prevent any man in the
world who had practised them from childhood from becoming wise.
(Letter7.326c)
Although he had been raised in this milieu and was brother-in-
lawofthe tyrantDion had succeeded in maintaining his indepen-
dence. Hebecame convinced that Plato’s in?uence could be bene?cial
to Dionysius and took advantage of the philosopher’s presence in
Syracuse to arrange a meeting bet [link widoczny dla zalogowanych][link widoczny dla zalogowanych]n the two men. But Plato’s dis-
course on the just man and the unjust man (a theme explored more
fully in the Gorgias) is said to have angered the tyrant.
5He allowed
Plato to leave Syracuse freelybut had the ship on which he was sailing
diverted towards Aeginawhere the unfortunate philosopher was sold
as a slave. This storywhich we also ?nd in Diogenes Laertiusis of
very doubtful accuracy; but Plutarch takes pleasure in recording it as
a black mark against Dionysius the Elderthe tyrannical man par
excellence. Plutarch completes the portrait of Dionysius the Elder
with a series of anecdotes in 9 of the Life of Dion: Dionysius’
imprisonmeyilai:
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