The real lie, the genuine, determined, "honest" lie (on whose value you can listen to Plato) would prove too tough and strong an article for them by a long way; it would be asking them to do what people have been forbidden to ask them to do, to open their eyes to their own selves, and to learn to distinguish between "true" and "false" in their own selves.
Benetako gezurra, gezur petoa, erresolbitua, "jatorra" (zeinen balioaz Platoni entzun baitakioke), horientzat zerbait zorrotzegia, bortitzegia litzateke, horiei eskatzea zilegi ez den zerbait eskatuko luke, hau da, beren buruaren aurka begiak irekitzea, beren baitako "egiazkoa" eta "gezurrezkoa"ren artean bereizten jakitea.