Plato, Sophist, section 235a

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[235a] Is this now clear, that he is a kind of a juggler, an imitator of realities, or are we still uncertain whether he may not truly possess the knowledge of all the things about which he seems to be able to argue?

Theaetetus
How could that be, my dear sir? Surely it is pretty clear by this time from what has been said that he is one of those whose business is entertainment.

Stranger
That is to say, he must be classed as a juggler and imitator.

Theaetetus
Of course he must.

Stranger
Look sharp, then; it is now our business not to let

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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