[537e]
said I,
“how great is the harm caused by our present treatment of
dialectics?” “What is that?” he said.
“Its practitioners are infected with lawlessness.1” “They are
indeed.” “Do you suppose,” I said, “that
there is anything surprising in this state of mind, and do you not think it
pardonable2?” “In what way, pray?” he said.
“Their case,” said I, “resembles that of a
supposititious son reared in abundant wealth and a great and numerous family
Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vols. 5 & 6 translated by Paul Shorey. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1969.
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