Plato, Statesman, section 305a

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[305a]

Stranger
Shall we, then, assume that it controls the other, if we are to agree with our views in the former examples?

Younger Socrates
Yes.

Stranger
And what other art shall we make bold to declare is mistress of that great and terrible art, the art of war as a whole, except the truly kingly art?

Younger Socrates
No other.

Stranger
We shall, then, not call the art of the generals statesmanship, since it is subservient.

Younger Socrates
No; that would not be reasonable.

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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