Plato, Theaetetus, section 153b

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[153b]

Theaetetus
Yes, they are.

Socrates
And furthermore, the animal kingdom is sprung from these same sources.

Theaetetus
Of course.

Socrates
Well, then, is not the bodily habit destroyed by rest and idleness, and preserved, generally speaking, by gymnastic exercises and motions?

Theaetetus
Yes.

Socrates
And what of the habit of the soul? Does not the soul acquire information and is it not preserved and made better through learning and practice, which are motions, whereas through rest, which is want of practice and of study,

Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 12 translated by Harold N. Fowler. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921.

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