Plato, Gorgias, section 476c

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[476c] the thing struck is struck in the same way?

Polus
Yes.

Socrates
Hence the effect in the thing struck is such as the striker makes it?

Polus
Certainly.

Socrates
And so again, if one burns, something must be burnt?

Polus
Yes, of course.

Socrates
And if one burns severely or sorely, the thing burnt is burnt according as the burner burns it?

Polus
Certainly.

Socrates
And again, if one cuts, the same may be said? For something is cut.

Polus
Yes.

Socrates
And if the cut is large or deep or sore,

Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 3 translated by W.R.M. Lamb. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1967.

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