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[94a] Let us take another, Aristeides, son of Lysimachus: do you not admit that he was a good man?

Anytus
I do, absolutely, of course.

Socrates
Well, did he not train his son Lysimachus better than any other Athenian in all that masters could teach him? And in the result, do you consider he has turned out better than anyone else? You have been in his company, I know, and you see what he is like. Or take another example—


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