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Socrates
The method of the art of healing is much the same as that of rhetoric.Phaedrus
How so?Socrates
In both cases you must analyze a nature, in one that of the body and in the other that of the soul, if you are to proceed in a scientific manner, not merely by practice and routine, to impart health and strength to the body by prescribing medicine and diet, or by proper discourses and training to give to the soul the desired belief and virtue.Phaedrus
That, Socrates, is probably true.
The method of the art of healing is much the same as that of rhetoric.Phaedrus
How so?Socrates
In both cases you must analyze a nature, in one that of the body and in the other that of the soul, if you are to proceed in a scientific manner, not merely by practice and routine, to impart health and strength to the body by prescribing medicine and diet, or by proper discourses and training to give to the soul the desired belief and virtue.Phaedrus
That, Socrates, is probably true.