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[448e] from what he has said, that Polus has had more practice in what is called rhetoric than in discussion.

Polus
How so, Socrates ?

Socrates
Because, Polus, when Chaerephon has asked in what art Gorgias is skilled, you merely eulogize his art as though it were under some censure, instead of replying what it is.

Polus
Why, did I not reply that it was the finest?

Socrates
You certainly did: but nobody asked what was the quality of his art, only what it was, and by what name we ought to call Gorgias. Just as Chaerephon laid out the lines


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