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“Then,” said I, “so far as experience goes,
he is the best judge of the three.” “By far.”
“And again, he is the only one whose experience will have been
accompanied1 by
intelligence.” “Surely.” “And yet
again, that which is the instrument, or ὄργανον, of judgement2 is the instrument, not of the lover of gain or
of the lover of honor, but of the lover of wisdom.”
“What is that?” “It was by means of words and
discussion3 that we said the judgement must be reached; was it not?”
“Yes.” “And they are the instrument mainly of
the philosopher.” “Of course.” “Now
if wealth and profit were the best criteria by which things are judged,
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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