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Gorgias
Certainly I do.Socrates
You were saying just now, you know, that even in the matter of health the orator will be more convincing than the doctor.Gorgias
Yes, indeed, I was—meaning, to the crowd.Socrates
And “to the crowd” means “to the ignorant?” For surely, to those who know, he will not be more convincing than the doctor.Gorgias
You are right.Socrates
And if he is to be more convincing than the doctor, he thus becomes more convincing than he who knows?Gorgias
Certainly.Socrates
Though not himself a doctor, you agree?
Certainly I do.Socrates
You were saying just now, you know, that even in the matter of health the orator will be more convincing than the doctor.Gorgias
Yes, indeed, I was—meaning, to the crowd.Socrates
And “to the crowd” means “to the ignorant?” For surely, to those who know, he will not be more convincing than the doctor.Gorgias
You are right.Socrates
And if he is to be more convincing than the doctor, he thus becomes more convincing than he who knows?Gorgias
Certainly.Socrates
Though not himself a doctor, you agree?