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Stranger
Does it seem at all possible that a multitude in a state could acquire this science?Younger Socrates
By no means.Stranger
But in a state of one thousand men could perhaps a hundred or as many as fifty acquire it adequately?Younger Socrates
No, in that case this would be the easiest of all the arts; for we know that a city of a thousand men could never produce that number of finished draught-players in comparison with those in other Greek cities, still less so many kings. For the man who possesses the kingly science, whether he rule or not,
Does it seem at all possible that a multitude in a state could acquire this science?Younger Socrates
By no means.Stranger
But in a state of one thousand men could perhaps a hundred or as many as fifty acquire it adequately?Younger Socrates
No, in that case this would be the easiest of all the arts; for we know that a city of a thousand men could never produce that number of finished draught-players in comparison with those in other Greek cities, still less so many kings. For the man who possesses the kingly science, whether he rule or not,
