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it is more beneficial to be educated in your education, which is foreign, than in the local education.Hippias
Yes, and what I say is true.Socrates
And do you say this also, Hippias, that beneficial things are more lawful?Hippias
Yes, I said so.Socrates
Then, according to what you say, it is more lawful for the sons of the Lacedaemonians to be educated by Hippias and less lawful for them to be educated by their fathers, if in reality they will be more benefited by you.Hippias
But certainly they will be benefited, Socrates.
Yes, and what I say is true.Socrates
And do you say this also, Hippias, that beneficial things are more lawful?Hippias
Yes, I said so.Socrates
Then, according to what you say, it is more lawful for the sons of the Lacedaemonians to be educated by Hippias and less lawful for them to be educated by their fathers, if in reality they will be more benefited by you.Hippias
But certainly they will be benefited, Socrates.