Plato, Alcibiades 1, section 111b

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[111b]

Alcibiades
Of course.

Socrates
And that those who know should agree with each other and not differ?

Alcibiades
Yes.

Socrates
But if they differ upon anything, will you say that they know it?

Alcibiades
No, indeed.

Socrates
Then how can they be teachers of it?

Alcibiades
By no means.

Socrates
Well now, do you find that the many differ about the nature of stone or wood? If you ask one of them,

Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 8 translated by W.R.M. Lamb. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1955.

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