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[388c] as a shuttle is an instrument of separating the web?

Hermogenes
Yes.

Socrates
But the shuttle is an instrument of weaving?

Hermogenes
Of course.

Socrates
The weaver, then, will use the shuttle well, and well means like a weaver; and a teacher will use a name well, and well means like a teacher.

Hermogenes
Yes.

Socrates
Whose work will the weaver use well when he uses the shuttle?

Hermogenes
The carpenter's.

Socrates
Is every one a carpenter, or he who has the skill?

Hermogenes
He who has the skill.


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