Plato, Sophist, section 222d

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[222d] them all collectively an art of persuasion.

Theaetetus
Correct.

Stranger
Now let us say that there are two kinds of persuasion.

Theaetetus
What kinds?

Stranger
The one has to do with private persons, the other with the community.

Theaetetus
Granted; each of them does form a class.

Stranger
Then again of the hunting of private persons one kind receives pay, and the other brings gifts, does it not?

Theaetetus
I do not understand.

Stranger
Apparently you have never yet paid attention to the lovers' method of hunting.

Theaetetus
In what respect?

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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