[462e]
Socrates
Then I reply, a certain habitude.Polus
Of what? Tell me.Socrates
Then I reply, of production of gratification and pleasure, Polus.Polus
So cookery and rhetoric are the same thing?Socrates
Not at all, only parts of the same practice.Polus
What practice do you mean?Socrates
I fear it may be too rude to tell the truth; for I shrink from saying it on Gorgias' account, lest he suppose I am making satirical fun of his own profession. Yet indeed I do not know
Then I reply, a certain habitude.Polus
Of what? Tell me.Socrates
Then I reply, of production of gratification and pleasure, Polus.Polus
So cookery and rhetoric are the same thing?Socrates
Not at all, only parts of the same practice.Polus
What practice do you mean?Socrates
I fear it may be too rude to tell the truth; for I shrink from saying it on Gorgias' account, lest he suppose I am making satirical fun of his own profession. Yet indeed I do not know