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Lying -
the question is - did the originator of the communication intend to create an impression in the mind of the other at variance with the actuality?
acting, being other, the antithesis of esse quam videri
why do people focus on The Republic? Well, the Jews and Masons like it that way.
The Dialogues, as a whole, are a longitudinal study in, and exposition of, the clash between honesty in fact, and dishonesty-in-fact. Universal Truths & Absolutes v Sophistical Man & desire for unjust enrichment (psychological, spiritual, material, creative, aesthetic; nature's gaslighters and psychopaths). They help teach HOW to think, not merely repeat what other's are still telling people to think. RAW POWER.
"So you are not to read them goyim. Pretend it is so hard to put people off. Don't tell them they are hilarious, make them seem sour and uninviting. Repeat with Aristotle & Aquinas. Keep doing it. Their ignorance is your power."
You cannot dialogue with dishonesty, you cannot dialogue with evil (evil is an absence of a thing, in this case honesty-in-fact), you can only shake the dust off, or attack it.
opinion^^^