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Socrates
Then it is a man who knows something of this sort, and is assisted by knowledge of what is best,—and this is surely the same as knowledge of the useful, is it not?Alcibiades
Yes.Socrates
And we shall call him wise, and a competent adviser both of the city and of his own self; but a man not so qualified we shall call the opposite of these. How do you think?Alcibiades
I agree.Socrates
And what of a man who knows how to ride or shoot, or else to box or wrestle or contend in any other sport,
Then it is a man who knows something of this sort, and is assisted by knowledge of what is best,—and this is surely the same as knowledge of the useful, is it not?Alcibiades
Yes.Socrates
And we shall call him wise, and a competent adviser both of the city and of his own self; but a man not so qualified we shall call the opposite of these. How do you think?Alcibiades
I agree.Socrates
And what of a man who knows how to ride or shoot, or else to box or wrestle or contend in any other sport,
