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Phaedrus
Yes, Socrates, he would, as you say, act in that way when in earnest and in the other way only for amusement.Socrates
And shall we suppose that he who has knowledge of the just and the good and beautiful has less sense about his seeds than the husbandman?Phaedrus
By no means.Socrates
Then he will not, when in earnest, write them in ink, sowing them through a pen with words which cannot defend themselves by argument and cannot teach the truth effectually.Phaedrus
No, at least, probably not.
Yes, Socrates, he would, as you say, act in that way when in earnest and in the other way only for amusement.Socrates
And shall we suppose that he who has knowledge of the just and the good and beautiful has less sense about his seeds than the husbandman?Phaedrus
By no means.Socrates
Then he will not, when in earnest, write them in ink, sowing them through a pen with words which cannot defend themselves by argument and cannot teach the truth effectually.Phaedrus
No, at least, probably not.
