Plato, Philebus, section 58b

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[58b] not by force, but by their free will, and is by far the best of all arts; so now I hardly like to oppose either him or you.

Socrates
It seems to me that you wanted to speak and threw down your arms out of modesty.

Protarchus
Very well; have it as you like.

Socrates
Is it my fault that you have misunderstood?

Protarchus
Misunderstood what?

Socrates
My question, dear Protarchus, was not as yet what art or science surpasses all others

Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 9 translated by Harold N. Fowler. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1925.

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