Plato, Alcibiades 1, section 125e

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[125e]

Socrates
And what knowledge—to repeat what was said a moment ago—makes them rule over their fellow-singers?

Alcibiades
That which you just mentioned, the chorus-teacher's.

Socrates
Well now, what do you call the knowledge of one's fellow-citizens?

Alcibiades
Good counsel, I should say, Socrates.

Socrates
Well, and is the pilot's knowledge evil counsel?

Alcibiades
No, no.

Socrates
Rather good counsel?

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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