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it learns nothing and forgets what it has learned?Theaetetus
Certainly.Socrates
Then the good, both for the soul and for the body, is motion, and rest is the opposite?Theaetetus
Apparently.Socrates
Now shall I go on and mention to you also windless air, calm sea, and all that sort of thing, and say that stillness causes decay and destruction and that the opposite brings preservation? And shall I add to this the all-compelling and crowning argument that Homer by “the golden chain”1 refers to nothing else than the sun,
Certainly.Socrates
Then the good, both for the soul and for the body, is motion, and rest is the opposite?Theaetetus
Apparently.Socrates
Now shall I go on and mention to you also windless air, calm sea, and all that sort of thing, and say that stillness causes decay and destruction and that the opposite brings preservation? And shall I add to this the all-compelling and crowning argument that Homer by “the golden chain”1 refers to nothing else than the sun,