Plato, Alcibiades 1, section 108a

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[108a]

Socrates
And so far as is better, too?

Alcibiades
So far.

Socrates
And at such time also as is better?

Alcibiades
Certainly.

Socrates
But again, when one sings, one has sometimes to accompany the song with harping and stepping?

Alcibiades
Yes, one has.

Socrates
And at such time as is better?

Alcibiades
Yes.

Socrates
And so far as is better?

Alcibiades
I agree.

Socrates
Well now, since you applied the term “better” to the two cases

Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 8 translated by W.R.M. Lamb. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1955.

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