Read the excerpt from The Republic by Plato.
O my friend, I said, do not attack the multitude: they will
change their minds, if, not in an aggressive spirit, but
gently and with the view of soothing them and removing
their dislike of over-education, you show them your
philosophers as they really are and describe as you
were just now doing their character and profession, and
then mankind will see that he of whom you are speaking
is not such as they supposed if they view him in this
new light, they will surely change their notion of him, and
answer in another strain. Who can be at enmity with one
who loves them, who that is himself gentle and free from
envy will be jealous of one in whom there is no jealousy?
Mark this and return
How does the use of antithesis further the argument?
O by questioning the ways jealousy is manifested
O by justifying why people act in certain manners
O by explaining basic principles of human nature
O by describing how preconceived notions are formed
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