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Chapter
VIII.—The Present and the Future.
“If, then, you wish to have an accurate account of
the matter, listen. Those of whom you said a little before that
they receive injustice, rather act unjustly themselves; for they who
have chosen the future blessings, live along with the bad in the
present world, having many enjoyments the same as the bad,—such
as life itself, light, bread, water, clothing, and others of a like
nature. But they who are thought by you to act unjustly, shall
not live with the good men
in1241
| 1241 We have translated
Schwegler’s emendation. He inserted ἐν. | the coming age.” And our
father replied to this: “Now when you have convinced me
that those who act unjustly suffer injustice themselves, while those
who suffer injustice have by far the advantage, the whole affair seems
to me still more the most unjust of transactions; for those who seem to
act unjustly grant many things to those who have chosen the future
blessings, but those who seem to receive injustice do themselves commit
injustice, because they do not give in the other world, to those who
have given them blessings here, the same advantages which these gave to
them.” And Peter said: “This is not unjust at
all, because each one has the power to choose the present or the future
goods, whether they be small or great. He who chooses by his own
individual judgment and wish, receives no injustice,—I mean, not
even should his choice rest on what is small, since the great lay
within his choice, as in fact did also the small.” And our
father said: “You are right; for it has been said by one of
the wise men of the Greeks, ‘The blame rests with those who
chose—God is blameless.’1242
| 1242 Plato,
Rep., x. 617 E. |
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