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Full Idea
The cause of each and every crime we commit is precisely this excessive love of ourselves.
Gist of Idea
Every crime is the result of excessive self-love
Source
Plato (The Laws [c.349 BCE], 731e)
Book Ref
Plato: 'The Laws', ed/tr. Saunders,Trevor J [Penguin 1970], p.196