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Hermogenes
Certainly.Socrates
To those, then, who are born in accordance with nature the same names should be given.Hermogenes
Yes.Socrates
And how about those who are born contrary to nature as prodigies? For instance, when an impious son is born to a good and pious man, ought he not, as in our former example when a mare brought forth a calf, to have the designation of the class to which he belongs, instead of that of his parent?Hermogenes
Certainly.
Certainly.Socrates
To those, then, who are born in accordance with nature the same names should be given.Hermogenes
Yes.Socrates
And how about those who are born contrary to nature as prodigies? For instance, when an impious son is born to a good and pious man, ought he not, as in our former example when a mare brought forth a calf, to have the designation of the class to which he belongs, instead of that of his parent?Hermogenes
Certainly.
