Plato, Lesser Hippias, section 374d

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[374d]

Socrates
But is not a limp faultiness and ungracefulness of the feet?

Hippias
Yes.

Socrates
Well, is not dimness of sight faultiness of the eyes?

Hippias
Yes.

Socrates
Which eyes, then, would you choose to possess and live with? Those with which one would see dimly and incorrectly voluntarily, or involuntarily?

Hippias
Those with which one would do so voluntarily.

Socrates
Those parts, then, of yourself which voluntarily act badly you consider better than those which do so involuntarily?

Hippias
Yes; that is, in matters of that sort.

Socrates
Well, then, one statement embraces all alike, such as ears and nose and mouth and all the senses

Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 9 translated by W.R.M. Lamb. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1925.

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