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first found out correctly where he lived, you would have made great progress towards finding him whom you sought.Protarchus
Yes, certainly.Socrates
And just now we received an indication, as we did in the beginning, that we must seek the good, not in the unmixed, but in the mixed life.Protarchus
Certainly.Socrates
Surely there is greater hope that the object of our search will be clearly present in the well mixed life than in the life which is not well mixed?Protarchus
Far greater.Socrates
Let us make the mixture, Protarchus, with a prayer to the gods,
Yes, certainly.Socrates
And just now we received an indication, as we did in the beginning, that we must seek the good, not in the unmixed, but in the mixed life.Protarchus
Certainly.Socrates
Surely there is greater hope that the object of our search will be clearly present in the well mixed life than in the life which is not well mixed?Protarchus
Far greater.Socrates
Let us make the mixture, Protarchus, with a prayer to the gods,