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why not now apply the same process to the art of weaving and, by going through all the steps as briefly as we possibly can, arrive quickly at that which serves our present purpose?Younger Socrates
What do you mean?Stranger
I will answer you by actually going through the process.Younger Socrates
ExcellentStranger
Well, then, all things which we make or acquire are for the sake of doing something or else they are for defence against suffering; and of the defensive class some are spells and antidotes, both divine and human, and some are material defences;
What do you mean?Stranger
I will answer you by actually going through the process.Younger Socrates
ExcellentStranger
Well, then, all things which we make or acquire are for the sake of doing something or else they are for defence against suffering; and of the defensive class some are spells and antidotes, both divine and human, and some are material defences;
