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     I see no contradiction between the virtuous man whom you
adduce, whose justice is evidenced by the harmony and balance of
his life; and the description of the perfectly just man whom I
cited, as one who, although he is virtuous, appears to be wicked.
Perhaps the former lives in the world as we would like it to be,
while the latter lives in the world as it is.

     A is troubled and unhappy. I believe A when he says: I have
never in my heart wished to wrong any man. For you, if I
understand you correctly, A's good intentions don't count. You
are offended by A's "unhappy consciousness," by his grief, by his
despair, by his suffering.  My reaction to the fate that has
afflicted him is different.  If I were a physician, I would want
to be his doctor.  If I were a lawyer, I would want to be his
attorney.  If I can do nothing else for him, at least I want to
be his friend.

     3. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows and
acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him;
he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

     4.Surely he hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows;
yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

     5. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised
for our iniquities; the chastisement (paideia) of our peace was
upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

     Judge Wilhelm obviously didn't understand.

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