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Plato, Alcibiades Ii, 138c

nan they say, suddenly prayed that his sons might divide their patrimony with the sword: it was open to him to pray that his present evils might by some means be averted, but he invoked others in addition to those which he had already. Wherefore not only were those words of his accomplished, but many other dread results therefrom, which I think there is no need to recount in detail. Alc. But you have instanced a madman, Socrates: why, do you suppose that anyone could bring himself, while he was in a sound state, to utter such a prayer? Soc. Do you regard madness as the opposite of wisdom? Alc. Certainly I do.

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aristotle,on prayers	Mikalson (2010) 48
beauty,as object of prayer	Mikalson (2010) 48
oedipus	Mikalson (2010) 48
prayers,aristotle on	Mikalson (2010) 48
prayers,criticisms of	Mikalson (2010) 48
prayers,objects of	Mikalson (2010) 48
prayers,proper	Mikalson (2010) 48
prayers,pythagoras on	Mikalson (2010) 48
prayers	Mikalson (2010) 48
pythagoras and pythagoreans,on prayer	Mikalson (2010) 48
strength of body,as object of prayer	Mikalson (2010) 48
wealth,as object of prayer'	Mikalson (2010) 48