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Hippias
To be sure it is well said.Socrates
And neither is the cause that which comes into being, nor is that which comes into being the cause.Hippias
True.Socrates
By Zeus, my good friend, then neither is the beautiful good, nor the good beautiful; or does it seem to you possible, after what has been said?Hippias
No, by Zeus, it does not appear so to me.Socrates
Does it please us, and should we be willing to say that the beautiful is not good, and the good not beautiful?Hippias
No, by Zeus, it does not please me at all.Socrates
Right, by Zeus, Hippias!
To be sure it is well said.Socrates
And neither is the cause that which comes into being, nor is that which comes into being the cause.Hippias
True.Socrates
By Zeus, my good friend, then neither is the beautiful good, nor the good beautiful; or does it seem to you possible, after what has been said?Hippias
No, by Zeus, it does not appear so to me.Socrates
Does it please us, and should we be willing to say that the beautiful is not good, and the good not beautiful?Hippias
No, by Zeus, it does not please me at all.Socrates
Right, by Zeus, Hippias!