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or most of them, found to refrain from affairs of state?Hippias
What else do you suppose, Socrates, than that they were not able to compass by their wisdom both public and private matters?Socrates
Then for Heaven's sake, just as the other arts have progressed, and the ancients are of no account in comparison with the artisans of today, shall we say that your art also has progressed and those of the ancients who were concerned with wisdom are of no account in comparison with you?Hippias
Yes, you are quite right.Socrates
Then, Hippias, if Bias were to come to life again now,
What else do you suppose, Socrates, than that they were not able to compass by their wisdom both public and private matters?Socrates
Then for Heaven's sake, just as the other arts have progressed, and the ancients are of no account in comparison with the artisans of today, shall we say that your art also has progressed and those of the ancients who were concerned with wisdom are of no account in comparison with you?Hippias
Yes, you are quite right.Socrates
Then, Hippias, if Bias were to come to life again now,