Plato, Statesman, section 306a

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[306a] its nature, the manner in which it combines the threads, and the kind of web it produces.

Younger Socrates
Evidently.

Stranger
It has, apparently, become necessary, after all, to explain a difficult matter.

Younger Socrates
But certainly the explanation must be made.

Stranger
It is difficult, for the assertion that one part of virtue is in a way at variance with another sort of virtue may very easily be assailed by those who appeal to popular opinion in contentious arguments.

Younger Socrates
I do not understand.

Stranger
I will say it again in another way. I suppose you believe

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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