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“Well said,” he replied. “This then,
Adeimantus, is the point we must keep in view, do we wish our guardians to
be good mimics or not? Or is this also a consequence of what we said before,
that each one could practise well only one pursuit and not many, but if he
attempted the latter, dabbling in many things, he would fail of distinction
in all?” “Of course it is.” “And
does not the same rule hold for imitation, that the same man is not able to
imitate many things well as he can one?” “No, he is
not.” “Still less, then, will he be able to combine
Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vols. 5 & 6 translated by Paul Shorey. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1969.
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