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Gorgias
Of course.Socrates
And each of these again you believe to have a good condition?Gorgias
I do.Socrates
And again, a good condition that may seem so, but is not? As an example, let me give the following: many people seem to be in good bodily condition when it would not be easy for anyone but a doctor, or one of the athletic trainers, to perceive that they are not so.Gorgias
You are right.Socrates
Something of this sort I say there is in body and in soul, which makes the body or the soul seem to be in good condition, though it is none the more so in fact.
Of course.Socrates
And each of these again you believe to have a good condition?Gorgias
I do.Socrates
And again, a good condition that may seem so, but is not? As an example, let me give the following: many people seem to be in good bodily condition when it would not be easy for anyone but a doctor, or one of the athletic trainers, to perceive that they are not so.Gorgias
You are right.Socrates
Something of this sort I say there is in body and in soul, which makes the body or the soul seem to be in good condition, though it is none the more so in fact.