Plato, Euthyphro, section 13e

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[13e] that serves shipbuilders serves to produce?

Euthyphro
Evidently, Socrates, a ship.

Socrates
And that which serves housebuilders serves to build a house?

Euthyphro
Yes.

Socrates
Then tell me, my friend; what would the art which serves the gods serve to accomplish? For it is evident that you know, since you say you know more than any other man about matters which have to do with the gods.

Euthyphro
And what I say is true, Socrates.

Socrates
Then, in the name of Zeus, tell me, what is that glorious result which the gods accomplish by using us as servants?

Euthyphro
They accomplish many fine results, Socrates.

Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 1 translated by Harold North Fowler; Introduction by W.R.M. Lamb. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1966.

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