[407e]
But if a man was
incapable of living in the established round1 and order of life, he did not think it
worth while to treat him, since such a fellow is of no use either to himself
or to the state.” “A most politic Asclepius you're
telling us of,2”
he said. “Obviously,” said I, “that was his
character. And his sons too, don't you in see that at Troy they approved
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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