plato mentioned that some kings had imprisoned him unjustly and he kept on protesting on his behalf until he declared his innocence. the king realized that he had been unjust to him so his minister who was in charge of conveying his message to him said to him o king it has become clear to you that he is innocent so what is it to you and him? the king said by my life i have no way to deal with him except that i find myself hesitant and i do not know what it is. so that led to plato. he said so i needed to search within myself and my morals for something to compare his own and his morals with that which resembles them. so i looked into his morals and found that he loves justice and hates injustice so i distinguished this nature in me and as soon as i stirred up this agreement and compared his own with this nature in my soul he ordered my release and said to his minister everything that i find in myself has been dissolved for him.
وذكر أفلاطون أن بعض الملوك سجنه ظلما، فلم يزل يحتج عن نفسه حتى أظهر براءته، وعلم الملك أنه له ظالم، فقال له وزيره الذي كان يتولى إيصال كلامه إليه أيها الملك، قد استبان لك أنه بريء فما لك وله فقال الملك لعمري ما لي إليه سبيل غير أني أجد لنفسي استثقالا لا أدري ما هو. فأدي ذلك إلى افلاطون. قال فاحتجت أن أفتش في نفسي وأخلاقي شيئا أقابل به نفسه وأخلاقه مما يشبهها، فنظرت في أخلاقه فإذا هو محب للعدل كاره للظلم، فميزت هذا الطبع في، فما هو إلا أن حركت هذه الموافقة وقابلت نفسه بهذا الطبع الذي بنفسي فأمر بإطلاقي وقال لوزيره قد انحل كل ما أجد في نفسي له.