{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c006\">Let us now consider what follows. “They have also,” says\r\nhe, “a precept to this effect, that we ought not to avenge ourselves\r\non one who injures us, or, as he expresses it, ‘Whosoever\r\nshall strike thee on the one cheek, turn to him the other also.’\r\nThis is an ancient saying, which had been admirably expressed\r\nlong before, and which they have only reported in a coarser\r\nway. For Plato introduces Socrates conversing with Crito as\r\nfollows: ‘Must we never do injustice to any?’ ‘Certainly not.’\r\n‘And since we must never do injustice, must we not return\r\ninjustice for an injustice that has been done to us, as most\r\npeople think?’ ‘It seems to me that we should not.’ ‘But tell\r\nme, Crito, may we do evil to any one or not?’ ‘Certainly not,\r\nO Socrates.’ ‘Well, is it just, as is commonly said, for one\r\nwho has suffered wrong to do wrong in return, or is it unjust?’\r\n‘It is unjust. Yes; for to do harm to a man is the same as\r\nto do him injustice.’ ‘You speak truly. We must then not\r\ndo injustice in return for injustice, nor must we do evil to any\r\none, whatever evil we may have suffered from him.’ Thus\r\nPlato speaks; and he adds, ‘Consider, then, whether you are\r\nat one with me, and whether, starting from this principle, we\r\nmay not come to the conclusion that it is never right to do\r\ninjustice, even in return for an injustice which has been received;\r\nor whether, on the other hand, you differ from me, and\r\ndo not admit the principle from which we started. That has\r\nalways been my opinion, and is so still.’<a id=\"r1551\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1551\"><sup>[1551]</sup></a> Such are the sentiments\r\nof Plato, and indeed they were held by divine men\r\nbefore his time. But let this suffice as one example of the way\r\nin which this and other truths have been borrowed and corrupted.\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_480\">480</span>Any one who wishes can easily by searching find more\r\nof them.”</p>","headings":["The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 of 2","BOOK VII.","Chapter LVIII."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70693-paragraph-535"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"6e3bb3b445cfedd67f0eb7305b850ea888533491c80c39cd4009726aa1b20bed","edition_title":"The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 (of 2)","edition_translators":["Frederick Crombie","W. H. Cairns"],"edition_year":1872,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg70693-f1551","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Project Gutenberg metadata: Public domain in the USA. Existing 1872 English edition; listed translators died 1889 and 1872. Electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"f1551","source_ebook":70693,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1551\">\n<p class=\"c007\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1551\">1551</a>. </span>Plato’s <i>Crito</i>, <abbr title=\"page\">p.</abbr> 49.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"76ed9a9fd752c1d5095189e38fe3dcbbea0fd23d6be719db17360e4da14552fa","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70693/pg70693-images.html#f1551","text_sha256":"07416d6d080c9ad008e28b7ab1039deba5498283e37466ca90994a2bf5da69c4","verified":false,"work_id":null}