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if he is willing. But he is only jesting in what he has just told us. For I know of some of my equals in age, and some a little older, who were of no account before they learnt from him, but after beginning to learn from him have in a very short time proved themselves superior to all whose inferiors they were before.Socrates
And do you know what the meaning of it is, son of Demodocus?Theages
Yes, on my soul, I do—that, if it be your pleasure, I too shall be able to become such as those others are.
And do you know what the meaning of it is, son of Demodocus?Theages
Yes, on my soul, I do—that, if it be your pleasure, I too shall be able to become such as those others are.

