[375a]
Socrates
Well now, would you choose to possess a horse of such spirit that you would ride him badly voluntarily, or involuntarily?Hippias
Voluntarily.Socrates
Then that spirit is better.Hippias
Yes.Socrates
Then with the horse of better spirit one would do voluntarily the bad acts of that spirit, but with the one of worse spirit involuntarily?Hippias
Certainly.Socrates
And is not that true of a dog, and all other animals?Hippias
Yes.Socrates
Well now, then, in the case of an archer is it better to possess the mind which voluntarily misses the mark,
Well now, would you choose to possess a horse of such spirit that you would ride him badly voluntarily, or involuntarily?Hippias
Voluntarily.Socrates
Then that spirit is better.Hippias
Yes.Socrates
Then with the horse of better spirit one would do voluntarily the bad acts of that spirit, but with the one of worse spirit involuntarily?Hippias
Certainly.Socrates
And is not that true of a dog, and all other animals?Hippias
Yes.Socrates
Well now, then, in the case of an archer is it better to possess the mind which voluntarily misses the mark,