Plato, Alcibiades 1, section 125a

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[125a]

Socrates
Do you mean by “gentlemen” the intelligent or the unintelligent?

Alcibiades
The intelligent.

Socrates
And everyone is good in that wherein he is intelligent?

Alcibiades
Yes.

Socrates
And bad wherein he is unintelligent?

Alcibiades
Of course.

Socrates
Then is the shoemaker intelligent in the making of foot-gear?

Alcibiades
Certainly.

Socrates
So he is good in that article?

Alcibiades
Good.

Socrates
Well now, is not the shoemaker unintelligent in the making of clothes?

Alcibiades
Yes.

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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