[459c]
“Well, it does,” he said,
“but what of it?” “This,” said I,
“that they will have to employ many of those drugs1 of which we were speaking. We thought
that an inferior physician sufficed for bodies that do not need drugs but
yield to diet and regimen. But when it is necessary to prescribe drugs we
know that a more enterprising and venturesome physician is
required.” “True; but what is the pertinency?”
“This,” said I: “it seems likely that our
rulers will have to make considerable use of falsehood and deception
1 A recurrence to the metaphor of 389 B, as we are reminded below in D.
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