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writings of kings and good men.Companion
That is true.Socrates
And must it not be that those who know will not write differently at different times on the same matters?Companion
They will not.Socrates
Nor will they ever change one set of accepted rules for another in respect of the same matters.Companion
No, indeed.Socrates
So if we see some persons anywhere doing this, shall we say that those who do so have knowledge, or have none?Companion
That they have no knowledge.Socrates
And again, whatever is right, we shall say is lawful for each person, whether in medicine or in cookery or in gardening?Companion
Yes.
That is true.Socrates
And must it not be that those who know will not write differently at different times on the same matters?Companion
They will not.Socrates
Nor will they ever change one set of accepted rules for another in respect of the same matters.Companion
No, indeed.Socrates
So if we see some persons anywhere doing this, shall we say that those who do so have knowledge, or have none?Companion
That they have no knowledge.Socrates
And again, whatever is right, we shall say is lawful for each person, whether in medicine or in cookery or in gardening?Companion
Yes.