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Phaedrus
You flatter me in thinking that I can discern his motives so accurately.Socrates
But I do think you will agree to this, that every discourse must be organized, like a living being, with a body of its own, as it were, so as not to be headless or footless, but to have a middle and members, composed in fitting relation to each other and to the whole.Phaedrus
Certainly.Socrates
See then whether this is the case with your friend's discourse, or not. You will find
You flatter me in thinking that I can discern his motives so accurately.Socrates
But I do think you will agree to this, that every discourse must be organized, like a living being, with a body of its own, as it were, so as not to be headless or footless, but to have a middle and members, composed in fitting relation to each other and to the whole.Phaedrus
Certainly.Socrates
See then whether this is the case with your friend's discourse, or not. You will find